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That means a couple on an average income in the uk will spend 29% of that on childcare — that's according to data from the oecd. in the us, a couple in the same position will pay i9% of their income on childcare, while in germany, it'sjust 1% due to government subsidies. the uk government also wants to keep over—50s in the workforce. they plan to do this with pension tax reforms by increasing the free yearly allowance for pension pots from £40,000 pounds pots from £40,000 or $48,000 to £60,000. until now, there's been a £i.7 million limit on how much people could put in their pensions ...

Items across the main supermarkets. it's the standard range, which most shoppers buy. now, these items together cost a third more than they did two years ago. food production is really energy intensive and the cost of gas has rocketed. but recently, gas prices have been falling. so why are food prices still rising? the food supply chain that provides the food on our supermarket shelves is incredibly complicated. the products change hands many different times before they come to us as the consumer. and so it takes a long time for the cost increases at the start of the supply chain to be passed ...

For poorer children who've passed the test. as a result, their numbers have doubled. we represent more fairly the society and the communities that we serve. and that's what grammar schools should be about. they should be an academic elite — that's why they're there — but they shouldn't be a social elite. for example, put a simile in there... this grammar school has changed. others are trying — aware they look more like private schools for the wealthy. some head teachers have told me better—off parents resist change. grammar—school places have grown by i9% since 2010 — twice as fast...

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All of the corporate earnings we have been receiving in the last few days and weeks where you can see what companies are having to deal with in terms of their cost going up and in terms of cost—cutting, their outlook for the first half of this year is fairly pessimistic and then they believe that things will improve. that is right. we had a very important announcement last night from the facebook owner, mehta, which was slightly disappointing figures. their sales were 4% down but the shares rose by i9%. there has been such a correction in markets last year that really, investors are jumping ...