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Joel Hills

@itvjoel

Business and Economics Editor, ITV News. Data, evidence, statistics, proof. And Pompey (occasionally).

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Back in troubled water: Has P&O Ferries gone rogue again? The firm’s accounts are seven months overdue, the auditor has quit and now MPs are threatening to summon the CEO to parliament. “We don’t know today that P&O is financially sound” Full report: itv.com/news/2025-05-1…

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Back in troubled water: Has P&O gone rogue again? MPs are threatening to formally summon the chief executive of P&O Ferries to parliament unless the company can explain why it has failed to file accounts on time. Full story by Joel Hills: itv.com/news/2025-05-1…

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New: the UK economy grew by a muscular 0.7% in the first three months of 2025. Hurrah! GDP per person in the UK (a better measure of living standards) also rose BUT has only increased by 0.1% since Labour was elected last July and is still lower than before the pandemic.

New: the UK economy grew by a muscular 0.7% in the first three months of 2025. Hurrah! 

GDP per person in the UK (a better measure of living standards) also rose BUT has only increased by 0.1% since Labour was elected last July and is still lower than before the pandemic.
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There are coastal communities in the UK where, quite understandably, people care passionately about fishing rights. It’s also true that UK GDP would not change at all if you emptied every fish caught daily in UK waters back into the sea. Fishing matters, so does perspective.

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ITV was routinely broadcasting 700+ programmes a year which attracted 5+ million viewers. Last year there were 60. (Source: Enders) All PSBs, including the BBC, are losing viewers, in a sense it’s extraordinary ad revenues have held up. Live sport + drama is where the demand is.

ITV was routinely broadcasting 700+ programmes a year which attracted 5+ million viewers. Last year there were 60. (Source: Enders)
All PSBs, including the BBC, are losing viewers, in a sense it’s extraordinary ad revenues have held up.
Live sport + drama is where the demand is.
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🧵 You may recall a spate of stories a few years ago about appalling working conditions & abysmally low pay in Leicester's clothes factories. The hope was those stories would shame businesses into improving working conditions. But here's what ACTUALLY happened next... 👇

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An April fool? Trump trade war backfires as court blocks US president's tariffs. My blog 👇 itv.com/news/2025-05-2…