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According to the American press, "a damaging view has spread that the restrictions imposed on Moscow have not produced results." "And yet these sanctions are effective. You just need patience to assess their full consequences," stressed Vladimir Milov of the Free Russia Foundation in Foreign Affairs magazine. He cites several indicators as examples, such as unemployment, the strength of the ruble more

Liz Truss has said she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party. more

The UK has slumped to its lowest-ever score in Transparency International’s global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).more

The number of jobs in the US economy increased by 517,000 in January, while the unemployment rate fell from 3.5 per cent to 3.4 per cent. - reported the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) yesterday. According to the Bloomberg agency, this is the lowest unemployment since 1969.more

Already 72.8 per cent of us show symptoms of mental deterioration. 47 per cent noticed them only after a wave of price rises or credit instalments. Therefore, the condition will not improve quickly, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Debt collectors hired by British Gas have regularly broken into the homes of vulnerable people to swap their meters, requiring them to pay upfront, so that gas and energy supplies can be more easily cut off, 'The Times' revealed yesterday.more

After 100 days as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak has hardly lived up to the expectations placed on him, which were not excessively high anyway, and there is little evidence that the Conservative Party he leads is catching up in the polls.more

Oil and gas giant Shell has reported record annual profits after energy prices surged last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Profits hit $39.9bn (£32.2bn) in 2022, double last year's total and the highest in its 115-year history.more

The British economy will fall into a recession this year, but it will be shallower and shorter than previously predicted, the Bank of England (BoE - Bank of England) has said. As expected, the bank raised interest rates for the tenth time in a row.more

Water bills are set to get the biggest increase in almost 20 years from April. The annual bill for an average household in England and Wales will hit £448, industry body Water UK has said. The 7.5% increase means customers will pay on average £31 more than last year.more

Unemployment in the UK could be three times higher than shown by official government figures, according to a report exposing a stark north-south divide in the number of people out of work because of long-term sickness.more

Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on Wednesday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.more

The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies, including Russia, as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund has said.more

Multinationals boosted Ireland’s economy in Q4 2022, with faster growth in the sector than in the two previous quarters, estimates from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed.more

Grocery price inflation has hit a record 16.7% to add a potential £788 to annual shopping bills, figures have shown. The “staggering” 2.3 percentage point jump in the four weeks to January 22 has exceeded the previous high recorded by analysts Kantar in October and is the highest figure since their recmore

After Philips lost €1.6 billion in 2022, the company announced in the morning that it intended to lay off 6,000 jobs. employees worldwide, including 1.1 thousand in the Netherlands. Three months ago, the company announced it was laying off 4,000 jobs. employees.more

In 2022, foreigners established a record number of companies in our country - 11.6 thousand. Most of them were Ukrainians, Belarusians and Germans. A large number of. Russians - writes today's "Puls Biznesu".more

The retirement age must be equal for both sexes and higher than it is today, most economists believe, 'Rzeczpospolita' reports.more

In January, employees rated the situation in their workplaces slightly worse, while their expectations for the future improved slightly, according to a CBOS survey published on Friday. There was also an improvement in the mood of local labour markets.more

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt yesterday ruled out cutting taxes in the near term, explaining that the key to boosting economic growth is to reduce inflation. He also said that rallies to the collapse of the British economy were not justified.more

South Koreans are resorting to creative ways to cope with the large increase in gas prices. Some are turning down the heating in their homes and sleeping in tents pitched on beds, the Korea Times reported.more

A Chinese state-owned investment fund owns more than 250 properties in the UK, including warehouses and food distribution centres, through dozens of companies registered in tax havens, The Guardian revealed today.more

The HS2 rail line will go all the way to London Euston, the chancellor has said, following a report the scheme may no longer reach the capital's centre. more

If the North of England was a country it would have one of the lowest rates of investment of all the developed nations, with countries like Slovakia, Poland and Hungary all experiencing greater investment than both the UK and the north, a new report on regional inequality shows.more

Passenger car production in the UK has fallen in 2022 to its lowest level in 66 years, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported yesterday.more