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The UK economy declined by 0.1% for a second successive month in October, figures today showed.

It is too early to know whether the latest figures represent the start of a new upwards trend.

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Data from the Office for National Statistics reveals around 280,000 businesses across the UK closed in 2024, down from 310,000 in 2023.

‘None’ of the Labour chancellor’s measures will ‘have a material effect’ on growth, Richard Hughes, the chair of the OBR, has said

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Poland and Romania recorded the highest increase in Britons arriving in the past four years, new data shows

Net migration to the UK has fallen to levels last seen before Brexit. The latest ONS figures show net migration reached just over 200,000 in the year ending in June. This marks a 78% decline over the past two years, from a peak of more than 900,000.

Once again the capital did not get a single mention in the Chancellor’s speech