Our global growth forecasts for 2025–26 have been lifted slightly in the February update, although this masks some ...

With rising global tensions, pressure on UK defence spending, and manufacturers ramping up production, the question isn’t just whether Britain can afford to rearm - but whether ...

Trump certainly is using tariffs as a negotiating tactic to bring world leaders to their knees. But optimists are overlooking ...

"We have not got anywhere near a negotiated settlement," he said when asked if Britain would under any circumstances support ...

Rachel Reeves will have to raise taxes by an extra £12bn if she wants to boost defence spending to 2.5pc ...

Managing the pressures of an ageing population on the NHS while ramping up defence expenditure would be an ‘epochal challenge ...

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced he is “ready and willing” to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine to ...

Defence reform is central to the new plans being put in place by Secretary of State John Healey, as headcount reductions ...

Economists have warned that the Chancellor will need to either hike taxes or slash public sector budgets by £6bn annually ...

A cabinet minister has admitted that “more will have to be spent on defence ” in the UK. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds ...

But Macron is well aware events have sped up; bringing the EU with him can wait. With US and Russian officials set to meet in ...

We expect the February PMIs to show roughly unchanged manufacturing PMI at 46.8 while activity is expected to have continued ...