High inflation, soaring food prices and dwindling growth: How Britain’s economy ranks compared to other nations

OECD report comes as Reeves is preparing November’s Budget, in which she is expected to put up taxes or cut spending in order ...

UK economy flatlined in July after sharp contraction in manufacturing

The UK economy flatlined in July as the biggest contraction for a year in the manufacturing sector offset a bumper month on the high street. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there was ...

UK Set to Be Second-Strongest G-7 Economy This Year, OECD Says

Britain will be the fastest-growing Group of Seven economy bar the US this year, while still struggling to get a handle on ...

The Hardest Job in Government: Lessons From Five UK Chancellors

Those who’ve held the role reveal why Britain’s top economic job is thankless — from Black Wednesday to Covid bailouts — and ...
The New York Times

In Britain, a Fight Over a Film Studio Becomes a Test for the Economy

The national government has intervened in a local planning squabble, which has become a symbol for how far it will go to use development as a way to revive the British economy. One of the main streets ...

UK economy makes weak start to second half of the year

Britain's economy recorded zero monthly growth in July after a sharp drop in factory output, matching expectations for a ...

Can Britain’s Innovation Economy Be More Than A Tech Incubator?

VC investment in the U.K. has increased by a multiple of 20 in the last decade but there is still a significant and damaging ...
Phys.org

Britain's economy did not collapse after the Romans left, sediment core analysis finds

Researchers have examined a sediment core from the Roman town and metal production center of Aldborough in Yorkshire, revealing metal production did not collapse immediately after the Romans left ...