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UK economy on brink of stagnation as households hoard cash

The Daily Telegraph 28 Mar 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said last week that “the world has changed” and used her Spring Statement to try to blame the anaemic outlook on geopolitics. On Wednesday she said the world blamed the fact ...
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UK economy eked out growth at the end of 2024, figures confirm

AOL 28 Mar 2025
This is unrevised from the ONS’s first estimate – confirming a picture of a sluggish economy over the second half of the year ...Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) March 28, 2025.
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Britain's retail sales up 1 pct in February: ONS

Xinhua 28 Mar 2025
LONDON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Britain's retail sales volumes rose by 1.0 percent in February 2025, following a 1.4 percent increase in January, official data showed on Friday ... On a year-on-year basis, sales volumes were up by 2.2 percent ... ONS.
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UK consumers unexpectedly boost their shopping in February

RTE 28 Mar 2025
The ONS revised January's month-on-month increase to 1.4% from an initial 1.7% ... The ONS said retail sales levels remained below pre-pandemic levels.
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Why Missouri football currently only has 4 special teams players on its roster

Columbia Daily Tribune 28 Mar 2025
Raise a hand and start counting special teams players on the Missouri football roster with your fingers ... Mizzou, which wrapped up spring camp on March 21, has four special teams members as that has become the first position on the chopping block.
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UK economy slightly stronger than expected in 2024

Urdu Point 28 Mar 2025
</p><p> "The economy grew slightly more strongly in the first half of last year than previously estimated but continues to show little growth since last summer," said ONS chief ...
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UK economy stagnates under Rachel Reeves’s watch, GDP figures show

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Mar 2025
The ONS has revised its estimate for gross domestic product (GDP) growth between January and March 2024 to 0.9 per cent from 0.8 per cent ... After the upward revisions, the ONS said that the UK economy ...
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Britian narrowly escapes recession – again

The Spectator 28 Mar 2025
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has just confirmed that the economy ‘grew’ by 0.1 per cent in the last three months of 2024 ... On a per-head basis, GDP fell by 0.1 per cent.
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Retail sales rise in February as shoppers defy cold weather

AOL 28 Mar 2025
While food sales fell back slightly, a jump in business across most other categories pushed overall retail volumes up 1% month-on-month ...Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) March 28, 2025.
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South Korea wildfire map: These cities are most affected as thousands are forced to evacuate

Hindustan Times 28 Mar 2025
Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to politics,crime, and national affairs.
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Fire-ravaged LA now forced to endure snooty fundraising event held by Anna Wintour and Gavin ...

The Daily Mail 28 Mar 2025
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles will host Anna Wintour's famed Vogue World Event to raise money for decimated communities ... Wintour will donate 100 percent of ticket sales from her Vogue World ... 'Vogue World.
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Fire at girls’ PG in Gr Noida, one falls from second floor balcony during rescue

Hindustan Times 28 Mar 2025
A massive fire broke out at a three-storeyed girls’ paying guest (PG) accommodation after the air conditioner compressor in a second-floor room exploded in Knowledge Park 2 of Greater Noida on Thursday evening, officials said on Friday.
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Rain and cooler weather help South Korean fire crews battle devastating wildfires

Hindustan Times 28 Mar 2025
Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to politics,crime, and national affairs.
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Retail sales in Great Britain given lift as shoppers splash out

The Guardian 28 Mar 2025
... rose by 1% on the month, although spending at supermarkets fell after a bumper month in January.
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Should We Worry about Inequality?

The Daily Sceptic 28 Mar 2025
In Britain, thinktanks like the and newspapers like the Guardian are always banging on about its supposedly pernicious effects ... As figures published by the ONS show, the Gini index—a measure of income inequality—is lower now than it was in 2007.
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