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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
My latest for @FTAlphaville: Still not convinced "the economy" mattered as much as the exit polls suggested it did in the US election? Here are 10 charts: ft.com/content/b0a60325-4c93… Seven to start with below 1/8
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
A Budget special at the end of a momentous week presented by @LOS_Fisher with @Sam1Fleming and @SoumayaKeynes
What are the UK’s prospects for growth? 📈📉 The latest Political Fix is a post-Budget live special🎙️💰 Impeccable analysis from @georgewparker @sam1fleming & @soumayakeynes Out now! 📻🎧podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
A look back at an extraordinary week in British politics: the Budget, the fallout and the political and market reckoning. Analysis with ⁦@Sam1Fleming⁩ ft.com/content/9ad9661a-9f33…
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Free to play: The Budget looms large and you have promised to stick to a set of fiscal rules. What will your plan for the UK economy look like? on.ft.com/3AerZaq
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Free to play: Health. Education. Welfare. Defence spending. Investment. Welfare. You have six weeks to devise your first Budget and kickstart the economy. What’s your plan? on.ft.com/3AcskKD
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Rachel Reeves in the FT: My fiscal rules will provide the stability on which growth depends ft.com/content/7258f7ff-7bc7… via @ft
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How FT readers are faring in the Budget Game ft.com/content/5ccb736f-3e09… via @ft
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
💥 US confirms it will contribute $20bn to the $50bn G7 loan to Ukraine, backed by profits raised on Russian sovereign assets immobilised in the west as the @FT reported last week ft.com/content/9ec5638f-eea1…
Big @FT scoop overnight - US now willing to contribute up to $20bn into a joint G7 loan for Ukraine, with officials eyeing an agreement next week ft.com/content/b3b869ca-20ca… w crack transatlantic frassets crew @paolatamma @JamesPoliti & @Sam1Fleming
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
"It’s a policy that is harming basically everyone," @pogourinchas tells @FT of widespread tariffs, which @IMFNews modelled the impact of in its latest WEO. "It’s harming the rest of the world. It’s harming the US." ft.com/content/f7c31ee0-8eb3… @Sam1Fleming
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Everything you need to know about ⁦the⁩ Budget in today’s ⁦@ftweekend⁩ - from a history of CGT, analysis of the £40bn fiscal gap, IHT options and this scoop. With the excellent ⁦@Sam1Fleming⁩ ⁦@EmmaAgyemang⁩ and ⁦@ClaerB⁩ on.ft.com/4f6gpNg
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
"Reeves...cannot spend more, borrow less and keep taxes where they are. This was apparent at the election. Her choice to invest, tax, borrow and spend day-to-day is a reasonable way to address the trade offs." on.ft.com/3BZFYRM by @ChrisGiles_
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
Big @FT scoop overnight - US now willing to contribute up to $20bn into a joint G7 loan for Ukraine, with officials eyeing an agreement next week ft.com/content/b3b869ca-20ca… w crack transatlantic frassets crew @paolatamma @JamesPoliti & @Sam1Fleming
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Sam Fleming (FT) retweeted
New - Big Budget exclusive. Reeves looking to extend the "Tory" income tax threshold freeze beyond 2028, raising at least £7bn and helping to close her £40bn funding gap, also revealed this week by the @FT. With @Sam1Fleming ft.com/content/13acecf9-ed5b…
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