Recourse to trade wars or sanctions of individual entities or persons expanded under Trump – for instance, the reintroduction ...

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce its decision at noon today. A 25-basis-point cut to Bank Rate, taking it to ...

Will France need to be bailed out under the latest of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) damage limitation devices, the ...

The Grinch (aka the Government) makes your Christmas drink obscenely expensive. Beer, cider, spirits and wine are all subject to alcohol duty and VAT. About 75% of the price of a bottle of whisky is ...

All parties put spin on their policies. Deliberately lying about the state of the economy as Chancellor is different Labour are taking an extra £67.8bn a year in tax, not the £8.6bn in their manifesto ...

‘This is not my party’, George Will said when he left the Republican Party in 2016. Commentators often emphasise that Donald ...

The hidden costs of the Government's employment rights legislation are enormous By saddling Britain's businesses with more red tape, Labour are destroying jobs The Government is quietly undermining ...

Our staff and contributors have rounded up some of their favourite works of the year, and whether you’re after a history of English poetry or a sleazy Frenchman’s account of a trip to Lanzarote, there ...

The Government shows no prospect of living up to its pro-growth rhetoric on housing Those who live in the rental sector report higher levels of anxiety than owner occupiers Britain's planning system ...

The Government's infrastructure ambitions are drifting further from reality Construction activity has seen its steepest fall since the pandemic Labour have left builders guessing on tax, skills policy ...