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UK government debt rises above 100% of GDP for first time since 1961

In blow to Rishi Sunak’s plans to cut taxes before general election, net debt reached £2.6tn at of end of May

The Guardian - UK

Labour doesn’t need to sabotage its green prosperity plan – just to cost it clearly

The argument that markets will react badly to borrowing doesn’t wash, says the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

UK growth forecast upgraded by IMF; Bank of England governor says ‘big lessons to learn’ after inflation shock – as it happened

New IMF report shows “a big upgrade to the UK’s growth forecast” says Jeremy Hunt, with UK expected to grow by 0.4% this year not shrink by 0.3%

The Guardian - UK

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Era of ‘massive’ UK house price rises nearing end, says OBR economist

David Miles says working from home, stalling population growth and higher interest rates will shape market

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage admits Brexit has ‘failed’

Former Ukip leader says ministers have failed to take advantage of leaving the EU

The Independent UK

UK economy: why the Bank of England is now more upbeat than the IMF

The Bank of England has changed its mind about the prospects for the UK economy. Having been predicting a recession in 2023 as recently as February, its latest May report is expecting a soft landing from the bout of high inflation and a year of interest rate hikes.

The Conversation

Record UK borrowing puts Jeremy Hunt in a tax cut dilemma

The chancellor has to weigh tax giveaways against unprecedented government borrowing ahead of looming elections

The Guardian - UK

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What today's dip in inflation means for your money and when prices will fall

Prices are still rising, but slightly less slowly

Wales Online

Brexit will cost UK workers about £1,300 in lost income each year, say experts

The impact of Brexit on people’s earnings could be ‘substantial’, say experts

Evening Standard

Brexit damage as big as Covid, says OBR – predicting five years before incomes recover

UK seeing ‘biggest squeeze on living standards’ on record, says head of fiscal watchdog

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt plays down economic crisis risk as Budget watchdog warns of 'stress' in system

The Chancellor said the UK is in a better position than it was during the 2008 financial crash with a 'resilience that there wasn't back then'. But the chief of the OBR warned the system was 'under stress'

Daily Mirror

'It's not that difficult is it?' SNP MP in call to Tories to end 'denial' over Brexit

AN SNP MP has called on the Tories to end their “denial” about the negative effects of Brexit on the UK economy.

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - There are tax burdens hidden in Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget

Jeremy Hunt’s Budget could cost UK housesholds thousands over the coming years

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis warns food bills may never drop down to what they were

Cost of living rocketed across UK during 2021 and 2022, with inflation still extraordinarily high

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The Independent UK

British workers ‘£11,000 worse off a year’ as wages fail to keep up with costs

Resolution Foundation says typical UK household income has fallen further behind Germany, with the gap at £4,000

The Conversation

Budget 2023: why the UK's fiscal watchdog does not share the chancellor's optimism

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt confidently described his first budget of 2023 as a “budget for growth”. He went on to offer a fairly upbeat assessment of both economic performance and future prospects, arguing: “The declinists are wrong and the optimists are right.”

The Guardian - UK

Central banks must keep interest rates high to combat inflation, says OECD

Organisation also says UK will be only G20 economy apart from Russia to shrink this year

The Guardian - UK

What is Jeremy Hunt’s pensions giveaway and who gains most?

Chancellor’s changes have been criticised as a multibillion-pound handout to Britain’s wealthiest

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Evening Standard

Hunt gets back on the boring track — but where’s the vision?

City Voices: More radical thinking needed to get Britain growing

The Independent UK

UK’s tax burden on course to hit highest level since Second World War

The UK’s tax burden is expected to reach a post-war high of 37.7% of GDP in 2027-28.

Evening Standard

Forget post-election tax cuts, we’re stuck in a lost decade, says IFS

The IFS has cast its eye over Jeremy Hunt’s Budget as millions of Britons face being dragged into paying more income tax

The Independent UK

Workers face extra £29.3bn-a-year burden from ‘stealth’ tax rises

‘Stealth’ tax to drag 5.3 million more people into paying tax or higher rate tax, figures show

The Independent UK

House prices set to fall by 10 per cent - and may not get back on track until 2026, watchdog warns

Drop even larger than forecast in November as incomes squeezed and mortgage rates expected to rise again

Evening Standard

Budget 2023: Hunt warns childcare support boost ‘can’t happen overnight’

Support to be ‘ramped up in orderly way’ amid concerns system won’t cope with increased demand but struggling parents say help arriving ‘too late’

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back to work’ Budget sees pension limits scrapped and free childcare extended

Labour says changes to pension pots will benefit ‘richest 1 per cent’

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