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IMF predicts UK economy will contract by 0.6% in 2023 as Britain looks set to suffer more than most from soaring inflation

The IMF has predicted UK output to shrink by 0.6% this year

Opposition sets deadline for government to reveal how much ‘unfair’ tax status is costing Exchequer

The party said it wants the Government to publish details by the end of February of whether it has considered getting rid of the tax status.

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is an optimist, happy to believe that “when it comes to the innovation industries that will shape and define this century, the UK is powerfully positioned to play a leading role”. His speech at Bloomberg on Friday was full of enthusiastic references to digital technology, life…

The Prime Minister has endured an eventful few months in Number 10

At New Smithfield Market the Chancellor's claims that Brexit would 'energise' Britain's economy were given short shrift

PM needs to unfreeze from headlights of dire UK economic position and partner business in boosting investment

The plants are meant to be a backstop, but their profits and exemption from windfall tax are controversial in an energy crisis