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    OPINION - Rishi Sunak's 'comeback narrative' collides with economic reality

    by Jack Kessler May 02, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    "Was in the slow lane. Still in the slow lane. Will remain in the slow lane." The laconic words of Jonathan Prynn, the Standard's business editor, summarising (off the record but oh well) today's report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which forecasts that the UK will be the worst-performing economy in the G7 next year.

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