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‘Worse than half-baked’: Johnson’s food strategy fails to tackle cost or climate

Boris Johnson’s new food strategy for England contains virtually no new measures to tackle the soaring cost of food, childhood hunger, obesity or the climate emergency, a leaked version of the white paper shows.The strategy, seen by the…

The world may be careening toward a 1970s-style energy crisis — or worse

Unlike those infamous episodes, this one is not contained to oil."Now we have an oil crisis, a gas crisis and an electricity crisis at the same time," Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency watchdog group, told Der Spiegel…

Most Americans expect inflation to get worse, Post-Schar School poll finds

Placeholder while article actions loadMost Americans expect inflation to get worse in the next year and are adjusting their spending habits in response to rising prices, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post and George…

Labour says some of Boris Johnson’s plans will make housing supply crisis ‘even worse’ –

According to a story by George Parker and Peter Foster in the Financial Times, Michael Gove was one of several cabinet ministers who this week expressed concerns that the bill to allow the UK to ignore parts of the Northern Ireland…

Worse than Trump: How Biden bungled the job of leading America’s economy

On Joe Biden's watch, the inflation tiger was let out of its cage after 40 years. He owns it.Rising inflation impacts the stock market and more. Here’s how.Rising prices are scaring investors. Here’s how inflation works, how it affects…

Omicron Is an Economic Threat, but Inflation Is Worse, Central Bankers Say

There is still a lot scientists do not know about Omicron. There is cautious optimism — but no certainty — about the effectiveness of vaccines against this fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, and experts do not fully understand…

Inflation is making homelessness worse

Placeholder while article actions loadThe sheriffs arrived at 6 a.m. in early June to tell Josanne English what she already knew: She was being evicted.She’d lost her job as a project manager near Sacramento in April, then fallen behind…

First-quarter GDP declined 1.5%, worse than thought; jobless claims edge lower

A 'We're Hiring!' sign is posted at a Starbucks in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe U.S. economic contraction to start the year was worse than expected as weak business and private investment failed to offset strong…

Analysis | Fox News didn’t just ignore the Jan. 6 hearing. It did something worse.

Placeholder while article actions loadFox News didn’t need to announce that it wasn’t going to cover Thursday night’s prime-time hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The network…