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Britain’s Conservatives used to boast they were the world’s most successful political party. The center-right party that governed the U.K. for more than 60 of the last 100 years before being ousted in 2024 is embracing Donald Trump -style policies,
Progress is made through partnership, and the City of London Corporation remains the partner of choice for government when it comes to connecting capital for growth. Through initiatives like the financial services Investment Hub and the Transition Finance Council,
Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejected on Wednesday accusations that Britain tried to appease China by dropping a prosecution against two men accused of spying for Beijing, saying the decision was based on legal constraints,
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Britain’s Democracy Is in Genuine Peril
A bitterly divided democratic camp, a constitutional setup with few guardrails and a surging extreme right spell trouble ahead for Britain’s political institutions.
The government said the new system would help to curb illegal migration, but opponents said it would infringe on citizens’ privacy.
Britain is not in a recession. Critics say the government crushed the private sector with tax increases in 2024, but the economy grew faster in the first half of 2025 than any other in the G7 group of big rich countries.
The latest film about the aristocratic family and their servants is magnificently unabashed soft Tory propaganda.
Labour’s tax increases didn’t help growth or productivity.
When the lab was founded in 1973 by Frank Whittle, a British jet-engine pioneer, with a government grant, the building no doubt seemed splendid. Now, despite its reputation, the Whittle looks more care-home than cutting-edge.
The UK risks losing investment by playing hardball with drugmakers.