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19 Dec 2025
Loss Leaders Explained: The 2025 Christmas Veg Price War
UK supermarkets have kicked off a full-blown Christmas vegetable price war, slashing carrots, parsnips and sprouts to as little as 15p–19p, and in some areas even 5p as Aldi and Lidl battle for the...
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18 Dec 2025
Bank of England Cuts Rates to 3.75% — Explained
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 3.75% following a narrow 5–4 MPC vote, marking the lowest rate since early 2023. The decision reflects confidence that inflation has peaked, as shown...
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16 Dec 2025
Data Starter: Christmas spending in the UK, Dec 2024
What happens to UK spending in the run-up to Christmas?
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15 Dec 2025
Economics CPD options from tutor2u
As Autumn term 2025 draws to a close, here's a handy round-up of all the free, online and face-to-face Economics teacher CPD options now available from tutor2u!
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15 Dec 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Why has the price of silver been rising? (Dec 2025)
Industrial pressure, shrinking supply and investor demand have all conspired to push silver to around US $60.4 per ounce — a fresh high
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12 Dec 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 12 December 2025
Here's our final weekly Economics News Quiz of 2025. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK...
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12 Dec 2025
Data Starter: Adult obesity in selected countries, 1990 -2022
Using the OurWorldinData chart, answer these calculation questions: Calculate the percentage increase in the proportion of adults who are obese in Brazil.Compare the UK’s adult obesity rate with...
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11 Dec 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Should Netflix be allowed to acquire Warner Bros? (Dec 2025)
Netflix’s takeover of Warner Bros could reshape streaming — with scale, cost‑savings but some anti-competition tensions
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8 Dec 2025
tutor2u Festive Quiz 2025 | GCSE Economics
The GCSE Economics tutor2u Festive Quiz for 2025 is here!
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8 Dec 2025
tutor2u Festive Quiz 2025 | A-Level Economics
The A-Level Economics tutor2u Festive Quiz for 2025 is here!
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8 Dec 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – How bad is the state of the UK’s macroeconomy? (Dec 2025)
UK economy limps on despite wage rises — but households and public services still feel squeezed
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5 Dec 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 05 December 2025
Here's this week's Economics News Quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
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5 Dec 2025
Data Starter: Global climate targets
Can the world limit the global temperature rise to 2OC or less?
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4 Dec 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – what are the economic costs of flytipping? (Dec 2025)
Massive 60m illegal rubbish mountain near Kidlington may bankrupt council clean-up
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2 Dec 2025
Data Starter: UK broad money supply 2016-2025
Has the UK’s broad measure of the money supply been increasing?
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1 Dec 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – Can the Budget measures help to boost UK living standards? (Dec 2025)
Budget boosts welfare but raises taxes – a mixed bag for living standards
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28 Nov 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 28 November 2025
Here's this week's Economics News Quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
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28 Nov 2025
Data Starter: Global government debt 2025
Which countries’ governments have the highest public sector debt levels?
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27 Nov 2025
2025 Budget Breakdown | Fiscal Policy & Tax Rises I UK Economy
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her budget on November 26, 2025, aiming to raise £26 billion in taxes to repair public finances while funding new cost-of-living support. The announcement was...
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