Helping cash-strapped Britons won’t add to inflation, says CBI Chief of business association calls for stimulus that aids ‘hardest hit’ with rising food and fuel bills The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Minister orders police not to ignore shoplifters just because they are starving Police forces had been advised to use discretion on whether to prosecute people during the cost of living crisis Wales Online · May 19, 2022
Don’t ignore shoplifters, minister says, after watchdog urges ‘discretion’ Policing minister Kit Malthouse says officers should not turn a blind eye to stealing during the cost-of-living crisis. The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
Partygate: Boris Johnson ‘told barefaced lie’, says Labour, as Covid victim group urges Tory MPs to remove PM – as it happened PM told he won’t be fined again; Sue Gray report to be published ‘as soon as possible’; Emily Thornberry says PM lied to Commons; victim group reacts The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Inflation hits small firms: ‘Covid was a walk in the park compared to this’ As inflation hits 9%, four English businesses explain how they are negotiating soaring prices The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
House prices: Will rising interest rates cause a property market crash? House prices jumped 9.9 per cent in the year to March 2022. With interest rates increasing, is a crash on the way? The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
Global economy loses $1.6 trillion as world struggles to avoid a new cold war LONDON: The ties that bind the global economy together, and delivered goods in abundance across the world, are unravelling at a frightening pace. The Times of India · May 19, 2022
Royal Mail warns stamp prices will go up AGAIN amid cost of living crisis The Royal Mail said rising inflation means it will have to hike its prices beyond those announced last month, worsened by the fact that Brits are sending more parcels and fewer letters Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022
Police should use 'discretion' on shoplifters amid cost of living crisis Andy Cooke, HM chief inspector of constabulary, said petty crime fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis would pose a challenge for policing as more people fall into poverty Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022
Asian shares track Wall Street's inflation-fueled retreat Shares are sharply lower in Asia after a broad retreat on Wall Street The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
FTSE 100 slide as recession fears weigh on markets – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as European stocks drop after Wall Street’s worst day since 2020 The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Police should use 'discretion' over prosecuting people stealing to eat in cost of living crisis, says top cop boss Andy Cooke said he expects to see a rise in petty crime Manchester Evening News · May 19, 2022
India, fastest-growing major economy, projected to grow 6.4% in 2022: U.N. The global economy is now projected to grow by only 3.1 per cent in 2022, down from the 4.0 per cent growth forecast The Hindu · May 19, 2022
G7 Finance Ministers to Thrash Out Ukraine Aid Plan G7 partners meet Thursday hoping to find a solution for Kyiv's budget troubles as the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to roil the global economy. Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are holding talks in Koenigswinter in western Germany to coordinate their response. "The bilateral… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 19, 2022
Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022 Six things the Government is NOT doing to help Brits with cost of living crisis Professor Richard Murphy says politicians are doing almost nothing to help people who are struggling because they believe the market can solve a problem better than anything the government can do
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022 Thursday briefing: Why we don’t have to balance the books In today’s newsletter: As inflation hits a 40-year high of 9%, Archie Bland explores the causes of the crisis, and the potential solutions left out of the debate
The Times of India · May 19, 2022 India, fastest-growing major economy, projected to grow 6.4% in 2022: UN UNITED NATIONS: As the Ukraine conflict impacts the global GDP, India is projected to grow by 6.4 per cent in 2022, slower than the last year's 8.8 per cent but still the fastest-growing major economy, with higher inflationary pressures and uneven recovery of the labour market curbing private consumption and…
Wales Online · May 19, 2022 Chancellor calls for business to invest and innovate to boost long-term prosperity Rishi Sunak tells CBI that he stands ready to help families cope with the impact of rising inflation, but companies can do more to offset country's economic woes
AAP · May 19, 2022 NZ opposition savages 'backwards' budget New Zealand's opposition says rising inflation will see Kiwis migrate to Australia, as it slams the government's fifth budget as "backwards".
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 What the papers say – May 19 The threats of rising inflation and the cost of living continue to feature on the front pages.
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 Boris Johnson - live: PM to face no further fines, as police end Partygate probe Follow the live updates below
Daily Record · May 19, 2022 Winter coming with deathly chill as UK taken deep into the valley of poverty Record View says what has been in terms of austerity in the last decade will have nothing what's to come.
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight 'inflation storm' New Zealand’s government says it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to more than 2 million lower-income adults to help them navigate what it describes as “the peak of the global inflation storm.”
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 A forgotten story of the election is First Nations voices are often excluded from the conversation Many people I’ve spoken to feel invisible and sidelined in politics, but their concerns should be heard
The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022 Ukraine war has stoked global food crisis that could last years, says UN Shortages of grain and fertiliser could cause ‘mass hunger and famine, says chief, as World Bank pledges $12bn to ease shortfall