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An investigation from a British newspaper has found the government has wasted at least £14 billion on frivolous expenditures.

Rishi Sunak has apparently resigned himself to the reality that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. under Biden is likely not forthcoming,

Britain’s finance minister said that Britons must “face into the storm” as he announced a swath of new taxes and spending cuts, supposedly to shore up the nation’s finances while somehow still stimulating growth, as the country faces the prospect of the longest recession in recorded history.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly preparing to introduce a “growth visa” to bring in more workers to Britain.

Britain may have already entered a recession as the latest economic figures showed that the economy contracted in the reporting quarter between July and September.

The Bank of England predicted the UK will experience the longest recession in recorded history on Thursday as it raised interest rates again.

The British public will reportedly be on the hook for another £25 billion in tax hikes in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget next month, as the tax burden is set to hit its highest level since the 1940s.

The looming recession set to befall the United Kingdom by the winter will last until at least 2024, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs.

The right-populist Reform Party, formerly the Brexit Party, wants “wartime” measures to stabilise the energy crisis, calling on the government to “take control of UK energy production pricing” in order to bring down prices for consumers.

Britain’s inflation rate rose to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July, a faster pace than in the U.S. and Europe.

Households in the UK are reportedly facing the prospect of days of blackouts in the winter under an emergency energy rationing scheme.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’ plan to cut taxes if elected Prime Minsiter would be “electoral suicide”, claimed Deputy PM Dominic Raab.

The Bank of England has warned that the British economy is heading into a protracted recession as it raised interest rates to fight inflation.

The UK will see inflation such on an “astronomical” scale that the savings of millions will be wiped out by the high cost of living and taxes.

One in five British households now has a “negative disposable income” in which they are £60 short of meeting their essential needs.

The IMF has told the remaining UK PM candidates to walk back promises of tax cuts and focus instead on more green agenda spending.

Real wages saw their sharpest decline on record in Britain when considering inflation, the ONS revealed on Tuesday.

In an example of a tangible benefit of leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom is planning on cutting import tariffs on food products.

Inflation for groceries rose to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis in Britain, meaning shoppers will spend £380 more per year.

Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain.

The Bank of England has admitted that its inflation predictions were widely off, as the UK is bracing for 11 per cent inflation.

The average wage for British workers is falling at the fastest rate on record, as inflation has wiped out gains in salary and bonuses.

The cost of living crisis is mostly the result of lockdowns of the economy rather than the war in Ukraine, UK lawmakers were told.

The Conservative government of Boris Johnson will impose a 25 per cent windfall tax on oil and gas companies to provide public handouts.

Inflation rose to the highest level in 40 years in Britain last month as the war in Ukraine fueled further increases in food and fuel prices.

Britain’s economy grew at the slowest pace in a year during the first quarter, raising concerns the country may be headed for a recession.

The high level of inflation may last for years in Britain, a former top economist from the Bank of England has warned.

Inflation in the United Kingdom has risen to the highest level in 30 years last month, spurred on by the spiralling costs of fuel, which saw the sharpest spike in prices since records began. According to the Office for National

Inflation in the UK has resulted in basic wages “falling noticeably” in real terms, the Office for National Statistics reported on Tuesday.

The British government has reportedly approved the sale of the UK’s largest microchip factory to a firm tied to the Chinese Communist Party.

The growing cost of living crisis in Britain has seen grocery price inflation hit its highest level in ten years.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the “callous” behavior of P&O Ferries and said the company appeared to have broken British labor laws.

The Bank of England has warned that inflation could hit 8 per cent by as early as next month as it raised interest rates on Thursday.

British wages have seen the sharpest decline in real terms since 2014 as the impact of inflation grips the nation, the ONS said on Tuesday.

The price of whole gas jumped to four times the cost in January in Britain compared to last year, contributing to the cost of living crisis.

Average British households will pay more than £1 million during their lifetime in taxes to the government, equal to eighteen years of work.