Robert Fitzgerald
UK economic forecast: gloomy, marked by austerity, for six years. A war of attrition, just like the first world war, but against debt - that's the UK economy for six years, says Larry Elliott.
Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis It's 2017 and for battered Britain the cuts are at last coming to an end. It is 20 years since Tony Blair arrived in Downing Street to cheering crowds and with the slogan of Things Can Only Get Better. Gary Speed: silence turns to applause as fans salute Wales manager. Players stand for a minutes silence for Gary Speed at the Barclays Premier League match between Swansea and Aston Villa.
Photograph: Neville Williams/Getty Shock and sadness swept through football and beyond following the sudden death of Gary Speed, the 42-year-old manager of the Wales national team. The body of the married father of two was found at his home on the outskirts of Chester on Sunday morning by police who were called at 7.08am. The Cheshire constabulary said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
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