Economy

Global energy markets are entering a more complicated phase as the focus shifts from the headlineVolumeof crude oil moving through the Middle East to a potentially more damaging shortage of refined fuels.

UK public-sector net borrowing reached £1.8 billion in July 2026, defying expectations for a broadly balanced month.

Defence policy is rapidly becoming one of the defining issues of Andy Burnham's premiership.

Britain's social care system is increasingly becoming one of the most important components of the government's wider healthcare challenge.

The UK government has moved housing and planning policy back to the centre of its economic and political agenda with a significant overhaul of England’s planning rules. The changes announced on 17 August 2026 are designed to accelerate the development of new homes in …

Housing remains one of the most difficult domestic policy challenges facing the UK government.

Immigration remains one of the most politically sensitive issues in Britain, with the government facing competing demands over border control, legal migration, asylum and the needs of the labour market.