by Charles Purdy | Oct 24, 2025
After a set of data that suggested that the UK economy was in a downward spiral, this morning there were signs that that message has not yet got through to shoppers. Retail sales in the UK increased by 0.5% in September – far ahead of a predicted decline – while the...
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by Jonathan Cook | Oct 23, 2025
Donald Trump’s White House has been a staunch supporter of Argentina’s Javier Milei. Along with the funding injection, Trump recently agreed to import more Argentine beef – a move that angered American farmers, who until recently had been suffering from a funding...
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by Jonathan Cook | Oct 23, 2025
Heists are back in style. First in Paris, but now evidently in Greece, where police arrested dozens of people accused of accessing EU agriculture funds by posing as farmers. Police said that they had successfully stolen almost €20 million euros, with the sting part of...
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by Jonathan Cook | Oct 23, 2025
Wednesday was one of those odd days where good news for the UK economy meant bad news for the pound. Sterling would recover from its early stumble, but there is no mistaking the change in tone within markets. To many, rate cuts are back on the menu, presenting the...
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by Jonathan Cook | Oct 23, 2025
News that the UK’s headline inflation rate unexpectedly held steady at 3.8% was enough to cause an about-face in interest rate forecasts. Economists and investors changed their tune fast – across the course of a few hours, in facts – predicting September’s figure...
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