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Clueless Hunt Says More Economic Pain ‘Acceptable’, Drakeford Slams UK Government,

Jeremy Hunt has said he would find a recession “acceptable” in order to fight inflation.

Plus: Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford has slammed the UK government in the wake of riots in Cardiff; and a London borough council has become the first local authority to role out a particular transformative policy for young people for the first time in the UK.

With Aaron Bastani and Moya Lothian-Mclean

  • Published 26 May 2023

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