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UK Inflation Soars, Now Highest In 41 Years
British inflation has jumped to a 41-year high on soaring energy and food bills in a worsening cost-of-living crisis, data showed Wednesday on the eve of a key budget.
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Markets Positive About Rishi Sunak As He Inherits A UK Economy In Crisis
Ms Truss's policy U-turns, most significantly scaling back a cap on rising energy prices and a big boost in borrowing to pay for massive unfunded tax cuts, crashed the pound, which is now hovering close to the dollar in value.
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Millions In Britain Skipping Meals To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis: Report
Millions of Britons are skipping meals in current the cost-of-living crisis, a consumer group warned Thursday, having already forecast that many risk fuel poverty after the UK curbed its energy price freeze.
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UK To Reverse "Almost All" Tax Cuts, Retain Energy Support
New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday reversed nearly all of Prime Minister Liz Truss's mini-budget that had sparked market turmoil, and reined in a vast energy subsidy plan, saying the country needed to rebuild investor confidence.
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UK Plans To Hold Fiscal Event After Queen Elizabeth's Funeral
Britain's government still plans to make a fiscal statement this month to explain how an unprecedented package of support for energy bills will be funded.
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UK PM Liz Truss Freezes Energy Bills For 2 Years To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday said domestic fuel bills would be frozen for two years, marking her first week in office with a costly plan to tackle a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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New UK PM Liz Truss Promises Imminent Action On Energy Crisis
At her first parliamentary grilling as British prime minister, Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed plans to stem huge rises in the cost of energy that threaten to plunge her new government into a winter of discontent.
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UK Pubs Warn Of Mass Closures As Energy Crisis Deepens
British pubs could be forced to close because of massive increases in energy prices, leading industry figures said on Tuesday, urging the government to step in.
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UK Nearly Doubles Energy Price Cap In Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Britain announced Friday a vast 80-percent hike in electricity and gas bills, in a dramatic worsening of the cost-of-living crisis before winter as the UK awaits a new leader.
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British PM Candidate Rishi Sunak Plans $244 Cut To Energy Bills
Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak, who is competing to be the country's next prime minister, on Thursday set out a plan, including a reduction in energy bills, to tackle rising costs for households.
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Rishi Sunak Promises Financial Aid For Poor Amid UK Energy Crisis
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday promised to provide more money to help people cope with soaring household energy bills if he is elected Britain's Prime Minister next month.
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Soaring Global Inflation Does Not Fully Reflect Ukraine War's Impact Yet
Inflation has surged sharply in March, according to the latest data from India, the United Kingdom and the United States, but that does not reflect the full impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, suggesting that the risks are skewed more to the upside for price pressures globally.
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Cucumber Crisis: Surging Energy Prices Leave British Glasshouses Empty
The hit to UK farms, which need gas to counter the country's inclement weather, is one of the myriad ways the energy crisis and invasion have hit food supplies around the world, with global grain production and edible oils also under threat.
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UK Inflation Soars, Now Highest In 41 Years
British inflation has jumped to a 41-year high on soaring energy and food bills in a worsening cost-of-living crisis, data showed Wednesday on the eve of a key budget.
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Markets Positive About Rishi Sunak As He Inherits A UK Economy In Crisis
Ms Truss's policy U-turns, most significantly scaling back a cap on rising energy prices and a big boost in borrowing to pay for massive unfunded tax cuts, crashed the pound, which is now hovering close to the dollar in value.
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Millions In Britain Skipping Meals To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis: Report
Millions of Britons are skipping meals in current the cost-of-living crisis, a consumer group warned Thursday, having already forecast that many risk fuel poverty after the UK curbed its energy price freeze.
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UK To Reverse "Almost All" Tax Cuts, Retain Energy Support
New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday reversed nearly all of Prime Minister Liz Truss's mini-budget that had sparked market turmoil, and reined in a vast energy subsidy plan, saying the country needed to rebuild investor confidence.
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UK Plans To Hold Fiscal Event After Queen Elizabeth's Funeral
Britain's government still plans to make a fiscal statement this month to explain how an unprecedented package of support for energy bills will be funded.
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UK PM Liz Truss Freezes Energy Bills For 2 Years To Tackle Cost-Of-Living Crisis
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday said domestic fuel bills would be frozen for two years, marking her first week in office with a costly plan to tackle a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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New UK PM Liz Truss Promises Imminent Action On Energy Crisis
At her first parliamentary grilling as British prime minister, Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed plans to stem huge rises in the cost of energy that threaten to plunge her new government into a winter of discontent.
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UK Pubs Warn Of Mass Closures As Energy Crisis Deepens
British pubs could be forced to close because of massive increases in energy prices, leading industry figures said on Tuesday, urging the government to step in.
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UK Nearly Doubles Energy Price Cap In Cost-Of-Living Crisis
Britain announced Friday a vast 80-percent hike in electricity and gas bills, in a dramatic worsening of the cost-of-living crisis before winter as the UK awaits a new leader.
-
British PM Candidate Rishi Sunak Plans $244 Cut To Energy Bills
Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak, who is competing to be the country's next prime minister, on Thursday set out a plan, including a reduction in energy bills, to tackle rising costs for households.
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Rishi Sunak Promises Financial Aid For Poor Amid UK Energy Crisis
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday promised to provide more money to help people cope with soaring household energy bills if he is elected Britain's Prime Minister next month.
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Soaring Global Inflation Does Not Fully Reflect Ukraine War's Impact Yet
Inflation has surged sharply in March, according to the latest data from India, the United Kingdom and the United States, but that does not reflect the full impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, suggesting that the risks are skewed more to the upside for price pressures globally.
-
Cucumber Crisis: Surging Energy Prices Leave British Glasshouses Empty
The hit to UK farms, which need gas to counter the country's inclement weather, is one of the myriad ways the energy crisis and invasion have hit food supplies around the world, with global grain production and edible oils also under threat.
