Why Britain needs ‘stupid’ growth
Imagine someone had emigrated from Britain in the mid-1980s, and returned 20 years later. That person would have had a clear sense of returning to a country that is much…
Imagine someone had emigrated from Britain in the mid-1980s, and returned 20 years later. That person would have had a clear sense of returning to a country that is much…
Introduction: Japan joins the rate-hiking party, as Bank of England lurks Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. The global…
Poll after poll tells the same story: Britons are losing faith in their country, trust in their institutions and hope for the future. And no wonder. The economy is stagnant,…
Once upon a time, scientific and technical advisers were titans in their fields. Patrick Blackett was a physicist who won the Nobel Prize before he became a key adviser to…
Key events Oil price rises above $101 a barrel Oil prices are heading higher again, with Brent crude rising above $101 a barrel. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose…
The pressure on British taxpayers to start coughing up money to fund reparations for the historic enslavement of Africans by some of their ancestors is mounting. In February, the African…
Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat…
In a way, this has always been the case. In an attritional conflict, the ability to produce, replace and sustain military capability matters as much as the weapons a country…
Racism and sexism have become ‘normalised’ in Britain, asserted equalities minister Bridget Phillipson last week. Speaking on the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast, to substantiate these claims, she cited the ‘cesspit’…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to return to the U.K. comes after years of back and forth about who should provide their security Andy Burnham; Prince Harry and…