Economy

The UK's prison system has moved rapidly up the political agenda as overcrowding and limited capacity create increasingly difficult choices for the new government.

The UK's inflation outlook has become one of the most important economic stories for investors because the direction of prices is no longer a straightforward disinflation narrative.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is entering another phase in which commercial shipping infrastructure is increasingly intertwined with military strategy.

Andy Burnham's government is facing an immediate economic dilemma.

China is entering another phase of its economic transformation in which overseas demand is increasingly important for manufacturers.

China-Taiwan relations have returned to the centre of geopolitical risk calculations as military activity around Taiwan continues to attract international attention.

The latest US inflation data have changed the tone of financial markets because they provided investors with something they desperately wanted to see:no major upside inflation surprise.