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House sales held steady last month but experts warn of ‘looming storm’

Mortgage rates jumped following the mini-budget and recent Bank of England base rate hikes are also pushing up borrowing costs.

The Independent UK

Five-year mortgage rates drop below 6%; UK lagging G7 rivals; European stocks at three-month high – as it happened

Average five-year fixed mortgage rate has dropped below 6% for the first time in seven weeks, as OECD cuts growth forecasts

The Guardian - UK

British homeowners face mortgage ‘timebomb’ with ‘biggest ever hike in payments’

Government urged to ‘clean up their mess’ as bills to soar in wake of Truss mini-Budget

The Independent UK

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We won’t like any of the four painful ways out of our economic nightmare

We’ve always known that politicians promise too much and deliver too little. But the gap between promises and delivery is a lot wider than it once was. It’s not so much that politicians have become more foolish over time (although, in some cases, that might well be true). It’s that…

Evening Standard

Homeowners face mortgage ‘time bomb’ with biggest interest hike on record

New research from the Liberal Democrats calculate that someone with an outstanding mortgage of £236,000 would see their monthly interest payments double from £236 to £474

Daily Mirror

Public buildings in England and Wales likely to get 15%-20% tax rises next year

Business rates revaluation likely to hit hospitals and colleges, while big banks and department stores such as Harrods benefit

The Guardian - UK

What Jeremy Hunt's stealth taxes mean for you - experts explain autumn statement

Spending cuts announced in the autumn statement have been widely dubbed “Austerity 2.0”

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Hunt cracks down on benefit claimants amid chronic shortage of workers

More to be asked to meet a ‘work coach’ but experts point to jump in long-term sickness due to gaps in public services

The Guardian - UK

Homeowners given the 'cold shoulder' in Autumn Budget with 'no help' for mortgage holders

Experts feel the property market has been 'ignored' in the Chancellor's statement despite the mortgage turmoil that has occurred since the mini budget

Manchester Evening News

Autumn statement 2022: experts react

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt laid out his plans for the British economy today. The statement was made against a backdrop of a more than 40-year inflation high and recession warnings from the Bank of England.

The Conversation

Pound falls as Jeremy Hunt announces tax rising Autumn Budget

The pound fell 0.9 per cent as the chancellor delivered the long-awaited Autumn Statement

The Independent UK

What are stealth taxes?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement to Parliament laying out package of tax rises worth £24bn and spending cuts of £30bn to plug massive public funding black hole

The Independent UK

Five charts that will shape the UK’s autumn statement

Plans are afoot to cut government borrowing with the economy on the brink of recession and the highest inflation for decades

The Guardian - UK

Inflation: how to improve official predictions – by asking the public

The eagerly awaited autumn financial statement from UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt includes a key ingredient: a report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on the predicted overall effects of the government’s policies on the economy. This is something the Liz Truss government studiously avoided…

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Evening Standard

Inflation hits staggering 11.1% in October as Rishi Sunak warns it’s the ‘enemy we need to face down’

Energy bills drive inflation to 41-year high

Daily Mirror

Inflation hits 11.1% in new 41-year high as energy bills rocket - what it means for you

Inflation is used to show how much the prices of everyday goods and services have increased over time - when it increases, it means the cost of living is becoming more expensive

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on mass unemployment: inflation will drop without this pain

Editorial: Policymakers are wrong to think rising joblessness and a recession are a price worth paying

Birmingham Post

North East unemployment reaches record low but concerns over inactivity

The annual report from the North East LEP has been released alongside national figures on unemployment

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Reuters

G20 watchdog says bank climate stress tests may understate exposures

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt’s austerity budget: necessity or political choice?

The chancellor insists Britain has to ‘live within its means’ – but many economists say painful cuts are neither inevitable nor proven to work

Wales Online

Brexit to blame for return to austerity, says leading economist

Former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders claims that the UK economy has been ‘permanently damaged’ by leaving the EU

The Independent UK

Paris overtakes London as Europe’s largest stock market

Gap narrowing since Brexit referendum finally closes, according to Bloomberg

The Independent UK

Brexit ‘damage’ is cause of ‘austerity budget’, says ex-Bank of England economist

‘The need for tax rises, spending cuts, wouldn’t be there, if Brexit hadn’t reduced the economy’s potential output’

The Guardian - UK

What is happening to the UK homebuying and rental markets?

House prices for buyers have started to fall, while housing rents have reached record highs

The Guardian - UK

Brexit a major cause of UK’s return to austerity, says senior economist

Former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders says leaving EU has ‘permanently damaged’ economy

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