Britain’s economy is growing again — just not fast enough to spare Chancellor Rachel Reeves from another difficult budget. The UK expanded by roughly 0.1% in...
Four major UK forecasters — the OBR, the Bank of England-adjacent IFS, NIESR, and RSM UK — are converging on a similar diagnosis for 2026: an...
Analysis of how the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan could reshape global markets, inflation, currencies and economic growth in 2026.Executive SummaryThe world’s...
Introduction Keir Starmer’s resignation as UK Prime Minister on 22 June 2026 has done something British politics has made almost routine over the past decade: force...
UK inflation fell to 2.8% by May 2026, but the Bank of England expects it to climb back to roughly 3.5–3.8% by year-end as the delayed...
UK inflation held at 2.8% in May 2026, unchanged from April, but the Bank of England’s own forward guidance tells a less reassuring story: Governor Andrew...
A group of senior UK economists led by Lord O’Neill of Gatley has proposed scrapping income tax, National Insurance, and capital gains, dividend and inheritance taxes...
The Bank of England has held its benchmark rate at 3.75% for a second consecutive meeting, but the real story is what comes next: policymakers now...
A Belgian worker who clocks 40 years on the job retires, on average, with a supplementary pension worth less than a second-hand car. That’s not a...
When riot police lined up outside a Southport mosque in August 2024, the violence on the street had already been rehearsed online for hours. Britain’s Big...