Economics
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Tories face tax revolt and Northern Ireland's deadlock – Politics Weekly podcastHeather Stewart is joined by Larry Elliott, Jonathan Freedland, Rowena Mason and Torsten Bell to discuss Philip Hammond’s first budget. We hear from Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds and Tory Ed Vaizey. Plus: Henry McDonald in Belfast on the deadlock in Northern Ireland power-sharing talks
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Prospect of £1.7bn fine looms large over PM's talks with EU leadersDemand from European fraud watchdog underlines challenges facing Theresa May as she heads to summit on Thursday
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UK economy will grow 2% this year but slow next, OBR predictsForecaster revises prediction for UK economy in 2017, but says growth will slow next year as inflation hits spending
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Budget 2017: What it means for you – video analysisGuardian Money editor Patrick Collinson runs through some of the main items in Philip Hammond’s first budget
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Budget 2017: Philip Hammond faces row over tax rises for self-employed - as it happenedLive coverage, reaction and analysis to the chancellor’s first, and final, spring budget
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Hammond gets budget boost as OECD upgrades UK growth forecastLeading thinktank says UK will grow faster than thought in 2017 but calls on chancellor to help support jobs amid warning over inflation and house prices
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Food inflation doubles in a month as UK shoppers start to feel the pinchSharp fall in pound since EU referendum feeds into big rise in food prices with butter up 15%, fish up 8% and tea up more than 6%
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Rethink rates now or face retail disaster, shops tell chancellorAnalysts suggest rising inflation is starting to rattle consumers as pre-Christmas boom comes to an abrupt halt and even once-buoyant car sales slip back
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As the chancellor prepares to slash the state he claims there’s no cash. Yet he’s preparing to give billions away to the richDon’t fall for Philip Hammond’s budget trickery. There is an alternative
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Gordon Brown played a part in the UK’s current budget deficitLetter: Gordon Brown’s reckless decision in his last budget as chancellor was to reduce the income tax rate from 22% to 20%
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Chancellor's budget to build up Brexit reserves, not tackle NHS crisis‘No spending spree’ warning from Philip Hammond, who is likely to guard against economic damage of UK leaving EU
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Greece desperate for growth strategy as public mood darkensWith debt repayments of €7bn due in July and default looming, Greek government hunts rescue funds to boost employment
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Budget 2017: Hammond to tell us the Brexit vote could have been worseChancellor will say UK economy is in far better shape than forecast. What he won’t say is inflation rates rise faster for the poor
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Philip Hammond vows UK will fight back if it gets bad Brexit dealChancellor tells EU that Britain won’t ‘slink off like a wounded animal’ if no trade agreement is struck during article 50 talks
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Sorry, Brexit doomsayers, the outlook is good on global growthBritain’s negotiations to leave the EU look set to take place against a buoyant global economy and amid optimism over jobs and wages
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