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‘Britain’s economy buckles as inflation, unemployment and debt costs soar — plus Andy Burnham’s “Number 10 North” growth gamble, his costly rough-sleeping pledge and the EU migration pact that could force Britain to take thousands more asylum seekers’
Andy Burnham’s much-trumpeted plan to revive Britain’s economy from “Number 10 North” has been met with ridicule as inflation rises to 2.9%, unemployment hits 4.9% and government borrowing costs approach a two-decade high.
Also: Burnham promises that every rough sleeper in England will be offered accommodation this winter — but Big Issue founder Lord Bird warns that housing alone cannot address the addiction, mental-health problems and inherited poverty driving people on to the streets.
French politicians demand yet more British cash to tackle Channel crossings, while Liberal Democrat leader…
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