economy

US economy ‘roaring back’ as firms hire a record 4.8million workers 

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Donald Trump claims US economy is ‘roaring back’ as firms hire a record 4.8million workers By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 Donald Trump claimed the US economy is ‘roaring back’ as official figures showed firms hired a record 4.8m workers last … Read more

Qatar Airways passengers in economy now have to wear a surgical face shield AND a mask

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Qatar Airways has announced that economy passengers now have to wear a surgical face shield as well as a face mask throughout its flights. The shields will be handed out to all travellers either at check-in or the boarding gate. However, whether business-class customers wear their face shield and a mask on board is ‘at … Read more

Economy adds 4.8 million new jobs in June in lockdown recovery, official figures show

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BREAKING NEWS: Economy adds 4.8 million new jobs in June, official figures reveal – but more than 19 MILLION remain unemployed as recovery hopes fade U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%  Nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost … Read more

The UK’s consumer economy died during lockdown it’s not all coming back, says ADRIAN LOWERY

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The pedlars of crackpot Covid conspiracy theories missed a trick. Forget 5G: a more believable ruse would have been that the US tech giants set off the coronavirus pandemic. Such has been the impact on the FAANG stocks that the idea, fanciful of course, might have gained some traction. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet, … Read more

Boris Johnson will promise that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy

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Boris Johnson vows that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy after coronavirus as he vows to usher in ‘decade of investment’ PM will unveil ‘decade of investment’ in an infrastructure spending spree Expected to stand in contract to 2008 bank bailouts which saw workers suffer Rishi Sunak will expect shareholders … Read more

Leading thinkers suggest how to revive Britain’s economy post-Covid 

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In the darkest hours of the Second World War, the Churchill-led coalition government embarked on the bravest of enterprises. It sought to put in place a social and economic settlement which would protect the lives of citizens in decades to come. The Beveridge Report of 1942 provided a blueprint for confronting what the author described … Read more

Boris Johnson urged to send the country back to the office to save the economy

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Boris Johnson today insisted that people should still work from home ‘if possible’ despite calls for him to get millions more Britons back into the office to prevent thousands of businesses that rely on them going to the wall.   Tory MP Steve Baker told MailOnline that the challenge faced by many businesses on high streets due … Read more

Rishi Sunak plans VAT cut to kickstart the economy amid coronavirus carnage

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Rishi Sunak plans VAT cut to kickstart the economy amid coronavirus carnage with PM set to unveil ‘one metre plus’ rule from Tuesday to save a swathe of businesses The UK is facing the worst recession in 300 year due to coronavirus lockdown Rishi Sunak is expected to cut VAT to help the economy recover … Read more

Boris Johnson is set to kick-start UK economy as he looks to rebrand his premiership after lockdown 

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Boris Johnson will vow to ‘build, build, build’ in a speech that he hopes will redefine his Premiership as the Government seeks to restart the UK economy. The PM is expected to announce the relaxation of the two-metre rule and the reopening of the hospitality sector next week – both to come into force in early … Read more