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There was mixed news for the economy today, as new figures showed bank lending fell in the first quarter, but there was an increase in manufacturing activity. The Markit/CIPS PMI measure of manufacturing rose to 51.3 in May from 50.2 in the previous month. However Bank of England statistics found net lending from Britai...
TSSA press release A big nail in coffin of British train building, warns TSSA. The decision to award Siemens the £1.6 billion contract for Thameslink trains is "...
Civitas press release The Catch 22 for UK manufacturing • Whitehall policy is reinforcing Britain's competitive disadvantage • An active industrial policy is...
Matthew Hancock defended David Cameron over his claims that the Government's spending cuts had not had an impact on growth, and said the Prime Minister was re...
Labour press release Ed Balls MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the forthcoming spending review on 26 June, said: "This is a spending review David ...
Conservative backbenchers are “perfectly entitled” to suggest ideas for the Budget, George Osborne has said. Mr Osborne was responding to an email produced by Sha...
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