“We’re actually suffering from two of the worst economic trends that most rich world countries have seen since the beginning of 2022 and that’d why the UK’s growth will be sluggish for most of this year.”

Financial stagnation in the UK is not coming to an end any time soon, says Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor of the Times, ahead of the Chancellor’s budget announcement on Wednesday.
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