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Finance

UK’s ‘low-hire, low-fire’ jobs market hurting young people; US inflation higher than expected – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including live coverage of the Bank of England Watchers conference in London Young people in UK hit by ‘low-gear economy’, warns Bank of England deputy The AI poster boy, the ‘Chinese spy’ and Trump: how an affair may have harmed US security Jensen Huang’s image has been shattered. Could he be pushed out at Nvidia? A senior US central banker is calling for a hike in interest rates next month. Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller is arguing that the Fed should raise short-term borrowing costs next month even if government data s

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Politics

Planned Tory welfare cuts ‘a charter for human misery,’ says Labour – UK politics live

Conservative leader launches Welfare That Works policy document outlining benefit reductions of £36bn Badenoch and Whately are now taking questions. Q: [From Rob Powell from Sky News] We are running a report on the Netherlands, where youth unemployment is much lower than in the UK, but the amount they spend on getting people into work is much higher. Do you want to spend more on job training and support? Continue reading...

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