UK budget watchdog in danger of strangling economic growth, says TUC boss

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Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economics

Britain’s budget watchdog is in danger of strangling growth and should be modernised to ditch its “hardwired” support for austerity economics, the Trades Union Congress has warned.

Less than two weeks before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, the trade union umbrella group said that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was at risk of being a “straitjacket” on growth in living standards.

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‘Deep sadness’ as extensive search off Ireland’s coast for missing Royal Navy crew member ends

An extensive multi-agency search off Ireland's coast for a missing Navy crew member has ended without success, the Ministry of Defence has said.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

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