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US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSuch is the gravitational pull cast by Donald Trump and the US economy that the politics of the other 192 countries that make up the United Nati…
International body warns British rate will be higher than that in US, despite effects of Trump tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK is set to suffer the highest inflation among G7 nations this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
Resolution Foundation says move could raise additional £6bn a year and ‘level the playing field’ on income taxRachel Reeves has been urged to take 2p off the rate of employee national insurance and add it to income tax in her autumn budget, to raise bi…
Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing approvalsMinisters have told officials at the Environment Agency to wave through planning applications with minimal resistance, as part of a major regul…
Holding borrowing rates and continuing bond sell-offs were widely expected but an alternative was available Business live – latest updates“Gradual” and “predictable” are the watchwords at the Bank of England. But for Rachel Reeves, preparing for a toug…
Report shows 334 companies backed by Future Fund, set up in May 2020 by then chancellor, have since gone underBusiness live – latest updatesUK taxpayers have lost £400m following the collapse of hundreds of startups backed by a heavily criticised Covid…
Policymakers vote as expected for pause, with rate of annual price rises running at nearly double 2% targetBank of England policymakers have left interest rates on hold at 4% amid concerns about persistent above-target inflation.The central bank’s nine…
Retailer says economic outlook clouded by fall in job opportunities and government overspending Bosses at the clothing and homeware chain Next are forecasting years of “anaemic growth” across the UK, with the retailer claiming that regulation, governme…
Former Bank chief economist Andy Haldane says left-behind communities need investment to stem populist tideDefeating far-right populism will require Labour to radically overhaul its “arid” approach to raising living standards in left-behind communities…
Israeli PM’s outline of partial autarky and more militarised society stirs up backlash and concern over pariah status Hours before unleashing a ground offensive against Gaza City on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu braced his country for a future of mountin…