Economy

Global equity markets remain at the center of investor attention as financial markets navigate an environment shaped by economic resilience, evolving government policies and geopolitical uncertainty. Stock markets continue responding to every major economic release, corporate earnings announcement and policy decision, making investor sentiment …

British government bonds — known as gilts — came under pressure this week as investors positioned for a period of higher public spending under Andy Burnham, who became the UK's 59th prime minister on Monday 20 July 2026. Prices on longer-dated gilts eased, and …

Andy Burnham took office as the United Kingdom's prime minister on Monday 20 July 2026, and with the ceremonial handover complete, attention has turned to the agenda that will shape his first hundred days. He is the country's 59th prime minister and its seventh …

Two of Britain's biggest high-street lenders have moved to position themselves at the centre of the new government's economic story. As Andy Burnham took office as prime minister on 20 July 2026, NatWest and Lloyds Banking Group were already sharpening a pitch built around …

Shortly after midnight on 16 July 2026, cars and pedestrians crossed from Spain into Gibraltar without stopping for customs or passport checks, for the first time in decades. The fence that had marked the frontier, and the queues that came with it, were gone.

On Monday 20 July 2026, Andy Burnham was invited by King Charles III to form a government and became the United Kingdom's 59th prime minister. The 56-year-old, widely nicknamed the 'King of the North', is the country's seventh prime minister in a decade, succeeding …

Andy Burnham named his first cabinet on Monday 20 July 2026, hours after King Charles III invited him to form a government and he delivered his opening statement in Downing Street. As the country's 59th prime minister and the seventh in a decade, Burnham …