Figures next week are likely to paint a rosy picture for the UK economy in the first quarter. The trouble is that fewer and fewer people believe them.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz,

The think-tank NIESR believes that online gambling reforms carry a low impact on UK economy as consumer spend is transferred to wider sectors

Inflation could soar and conflict in the Middle East could cost the Treasury £8bn a year, new modelling indicates

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its economic forecasts for the UK, warning that the war involving Iran risks throwing the global economy “off course”. In its latest outlook, the IMF said UK economic growth will be weaker than ...

Once the world’s richest nation, the U.K. now lags behind the vast majority of U.S. states in per capita wealth. A structural crisis compounded by global conflict.

London Tube strikes in 2026 could cost the UK economy up to £760 million due to ongoing disruptions and lost working days.

The Conservative-Labour duopoly that governed British politics for the past century appears locked in terminal decline. As a result, voters are no longer presented with a binary choice between opposing economic manifestos.

These days, everyone is talking about high interest rates across the rich, developed world, while warning of eventual fiscal disaster. But we may have gotten an early glimpse of this anxiety in October 2022, when then-UK Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled ...

British companies exporting to Europe could face billions in extra taxes over the next decade if the UK were to get rid of carbon pricing.

On May 8, 2025, the U.K. and U.S. announced a trade deal to reduce or remove tariffs on each other’s exports, including on cars, steel and aluminum, and released the general terms for a potential U.K.-U.S. trade agreement. Both governments refer to the ...