Will Rachel Reeves survive as chancellor? Will Keir Starmer still be Prime Minister in twelve months time?
Will Nigel Farage see off the challenge of Stephen Yaxley Lennon? Will Kemi Badenoch revive the Tory Party’s fortunes? And will the mighty Plymouth Argyle knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup?
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Downtown in Business has urged the government to think again on its sweeping employment law reforms, warning that this week’s double whammy of announcements – UK unemployment hitting a four-year high, and growth at a disappointing 0.1% in the last quarter, is a flashing red light the Treasury cannot afford to ignore.
Downtown in Business has slammed the Bank of England for once again ducking the opportunity to inject desperately needed momentum into the UK economy, after the Monetary Policy Committee chose to hold interest rates at 4% this week—despite mounting evidence of economic fragility.
A 130-year-old former Unilever factory at Bank Quay, once a cornerstone of Warrington’s proud soap-making heritage, is set to be transformed into a state-of-the-art data centre powering the UK’s growing artificial intelligence economy.
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