UK living standards fall despite fastest growth in G7, highlighting Burnham’s economic challenge – business live

GDP quarterly national accounts show people grew worse off in January to March 2026, and saved less too Newsflash: European media group Axel Springer has completed its takeover of the Telegraph in a £575m deal, after winning all the necessary regulatory approvals. Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner says: ”Today is a day we have worked towards for a long time, and one we will always remember. Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press license, and The Telegraph was our North Star. Axe

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