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Workers need better tools and tech to boost productivity. Why aren’t companies stepping up to invest?

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers turn their attention to improving productivity growth across the economy, it will be interesting to see what the business community brings to a planned summit in August.

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Passenger removed from American Airlines flight for ‘moving a flight attendant’s carry-on bag’

The carry-on drama unfolded after travel blogger JT Genter moved a flight attendant’s bag on a flight from New York City to Heathrow

The Independent UK

Stocks mixed amid GDP miss and fresh trade worry

The UK economy fell at a faster pace than expected in April, numbers on Thursday showed, as services output slumped.

Evening Standard

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The UK’s small businesses should be fuelling the country’s growth ambitions. Here’s why that’s not happening

The UK government’s spending review has set out its priorities for the next three years. But behind the rhetoric about boosting growth lies growing concern about small businesses being locked out of the wider UK economy. Government funding and regulation are increasingly out of step with the reality of micro-enterprises…

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Dollar slides to three-year low while FTSE 100 hits record high

Investors turn away from weakening US economy and erratic policy after Trump repeats tariff threats

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Dimon says inflation will go up and employment will shift down as economy ‘deteriorates’ amid shifting ‘tectonic plates’

Jamie Dimon says there’s no point looking at consumer sentiment for a hint on the economy. Analysts will have to wait for the real data to trickle through.

Fortune

How to get along when college grads move back home with parents

A shaky economy

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An entrepreneur wants to build a giant net to catch spacecraft landing on the moon, but can it be done?

This novel idea could become an important piece of a future moon economy.

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The deteriorating justice system in England and Wales is hindering economic growth

The Labour government has made economic growth its top priority, committing to planning reforms, business partnerships and millions of pounds of investment in science and technology.

The Conversation

Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making big cuts to such government spending unwise

Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation – and the vital productivity gains it supports.

The Conversation

Tax hikes ‘almost certainly’ to come if economy worsens, IFS says

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The Independent UK

Voices: First the spending review, now the economy – what else lies in wait for Rachel Reeves?

COMMENT: Official figures showed UK plc plunged into the red in April, contracting by 0.3 per cent. There is no sugarcoating how bad a result that is for the chancellor, writes James Moore

The Independent UK

World Bank warns the global economy is barreling toward its weakest decade in 50 years

The World Bank cut growth forecasts for 70% of global economies.

Fortune

Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves

Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests Treasury is ‘making up the numbers’ as it warns council tax will rise at fastest rate in a generation

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Rachel Reeves fails to rule out future tax rises as economy shrinks

However, the Chancellor repeated her promise that she would not need to increase taxes on the same scale as last year.

Euronews

UK economy contracts sharply in April: Will the BoE respond?

UK GDP shrank 0.3% in April, the sharpest drop since October 2023, led by declines in services and manufacturing. Labour market data weakened, fuelling speculation of a Bank of England rate cut in August as recession fears grow.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Reeves only a ‘gnat’s whisker’ from having to raise taxes in autumn, says IFS – as it happened

Institute for Fiscal Studies says Treasury figures for projected efficiency savings are not credible

Evening Standard

Economy shrinks by more than expected amid record fall in exports to the US

Exports to America fell at the fastest pace on record, down £2 billion in April, according to the ONS.

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UK economy sees biggest drop since October 2023 in blow for Rachel Reeves

THE UK economy saw the biggest monthly contraction for a year-and-a-half in April in a setback for Chancellor Rachel Reeves ...

The Independent UK

Blow for Rachel Reeves after UK economy shrinks by more than expected

The cut to GDP figures will be bad news for the chancellor in her mission to grow the UK economy

Evening Standard

UK economy shrinks by more than expected in April – ONS

Gross domestic product fell by 0.3% in April, compared with growth of 0.2% in March.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out Autumn Budget tax rises as economy shrinks 0.3% in April

Latest GDP estimate worse than the 0.1% fall expected by economists

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 12 June: GDP setback as US exports slide, Poundland sold for £1

Tesco and Halma today provided the buying interest in a session when geopolitical concerns and a below par UK GDP reading weighed on the FTSE 100 index.

The Guardian - UK

UK economy shrinks by 0.3% as firms hit by tax rises and Trump trade war

Worse than forecast April GDP data shows challenge facing Rachel Reeves to kickstart growth to fund spending review

The Guardian - UK

Reeves’ review shows Labour plans to take on the right over net zero

By earmarking billions of pounds for the green economy, Labour is setting itself apart from the Tories and Reform

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