Economists expect public borrowing for the year to March, excluding financial interventions such as bank bailouts, to modestly undershoot chancellor George Osborne’s expectations of £146bn by about £3.5bn. MORE…
Persistently high unemployment “could eventually result in discouragement and permanent withdrawal from the labour force”, especially among younger and less skilled workers. MORE…
Most Britons think that their local high street is worse than it was ten years ago and only 15% of people feel optimistic about the chances of economic recovery when walking around their shopping areas. MORE…
One in seven couples in their fifties and early sixties owns a second home while their children struggle to get on the ladder, figures from the Office for National Statistics has shown. MORE…
