Whisky casks piled outside Bunnahabhain distillery Islay, Scotland. Niall MacTaggart/Shutterstock Scotch whisky exports grew from £4.51 billion in 2021 to
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Interest rates: the case for cutting them permanently to zero
shutterstock In 1937 the English economist Joan Robinson proposed that “when capitalism is rightly understood, the rate of interest will
Why the UK’s economic upturn is a false dawn for the Tories
The good news for the U.K. government is the economy is doing slightly better than expected. The bad news is
Don’t just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain’s rivers
Simon Corrall / shutterstock Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies
UK economy grows 0.2 percent thanks to June surge
The U.K. economy grew surprisingly strongly in the second quarter of 2023, as a manufacturing rebound in June rescued a
Tory Splits Erupt Over Calls For UK To Quit European Court Of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber in Strasbourg. Tory splits have erupted over calls for the UK
UK migration policy has ‘failed’, says Tory deputy chair
LONDON — Britain’s ruling Conservatives have “failed” to get undocumented migration to the U.K. under control, the party’s own deputy chair
UK Holidaymakers Driving To France Urged To Bring This One Thing
Smiling woman and man packing their travel bags into car trunk If you are treating yourself to a road trip
How the work of Adam Smith could help solve the UK skills gap
Tackling the UK’s productivity problem will require long-term public investment in quality education aimed at closing the skills gap and
UK election watchdog targeted in ‘hostile’ cyberattack
LONDON — The U.K.’s election watchdog, the Electoral Commission, has announced that it was the subject of a complex cyberattack