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As the UK government begins daily coronavirus briefings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says "Now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others, and to stop all unnecessary travel." SOUNDBITE
Britain's economy ended 2015 on a soft note after the annual pace of growth slowed to its weakest in nearly three years as the global economic slowdown weighed on its previously rapid expansion. David Pollard reports.
UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt poses outside 11 Downing Street with the red, leather-covered box containing his speech before leaving to present the spring budget to parliament. Britain's Conservative government is expected to use the budget update to unveil tax cuts for millions of workers, in an attempt to woo voters before a general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, which has been in power since 2010, is well behind the main opposition Labour party in opinion polls and looks likely to be dumped out of office. IMAGES
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski welcomes Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron to Warsaw, with the two counterparts shaking hands ahead of a bilateral meeting. Ex-prime minister Cameron is in the Eastern European country to shore up support for Poland's neighbour Ukraine against Russia's invasion and discuss tackling migration. IMAGES
As new figures show the UK is in recession, with two successive quarters of falling GDP in Q3 and Q4 2023, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt says that the economy is "more resilient than most people predicted" and insists that the government will "stick to our guns" on its plans to bring down inflation. News of the recession comes as voters go to the polls in two by-elections on Thursday, with the Conservatives fearful of losing one-time strongholds in Wellingborough, central England, and Kingswood in the southwest. SOUNDBITE
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