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Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a.. - source: The Guardian - 28.01.2026
‘Very low bar’: analysts say Starmer faces slim pickings in China
Experts say business with China is always a double-edged sword let alone when its overheated economy can offer only marginal gains
Starmer vows to remain ‘clear-eyed’ over national.. - source: The Guardian - 28.01.2026
‘The mother of all trade deals’: EU and India sign landmark trade agreement – Europe live
Wide-ranging deal will cut tariffs to zero over seven years as Modi hails ‘largest free trade agreement’ in India’s history
Chair of the European Parliament’s international trade.. - source: The Guardian - 27.01.2026
Trump says he will impose new tariffs on South Korea as he criticises delays in trade deal
US president says tariffs on automobiles, lumber and pharmaceuticals will rise to 25%, accusing Seoul of not living up to a trade deal struck last year
Donald Trump has said he is raising.. - source: The Guardian - 27.01.2026
National insurance hike and energy bills behind food price rise, say UK retailers
Latest BRC figures show year-on-year rate of increase was 3.9% in January, up from 3.3% the month before
Retailers have blamed rising energy bills and the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s hike.. - source: The Guardian - 27.01.2026
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of.. - source: The Guardian - 27.01.2026
Most young adults in UK are anxious about jobs and the economy, research suggests
Respondents to King’s Trust survey cited AI and a lack of work experience as reasons they might fail in life
More than seven in 10 teens and young adults in the UK say they wish they were.. - source: The Guardian - 27.01.2026
‘A southern economy in the north’: how Warrington has adapted to change
Good transport links and the quietly booming nuclear sector are helping the Cheshire town to thrive
Incomes in 11 cities and towns have risen twice as fast as rest of UK
As the.. - source: The Guardian - 26.01.2026
Is the supreme court ready to stand up to Trump over Federal Reserve attack?
Conservative majority appears eager to hand president greater power – with one exception: the US central bank
Donald Trump has tried his usual tactics when it comes to getting the US.. - source: The Guardian - 24.01.2026
‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults
Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts
Germany is facing calls to withdraw its billions of euros’ worth.. - source: The Guardian - 24.01.2026
Strong UK pay growth could limit interest rate cuts, Bank policymaker warns
Megan Greene says apparent end to the decline in wage growth could hinder fight against inflation
The Bank of England may not be able to lower interest rates as much as expected this year,.. - source: The Guardian - 23.01.2026
Young will suffer most when AI ‘tsunami’ hits jobs, says head of IMF
Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped out
Artificial intelligence will be a “tsunami hitting.. - source: The Guardian - 23.01.2026
Economic blackout in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations
A “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day of protest was kicked off by community.. - source: The Guardian - 23.01.2026
British retail sales jump as online jewellery firms offer surprise Christmas sparkle
Sales volume rise of 0.4% in December confounds forecasts as new survey shows sharp rebound in consumer confidence
Davos: Global economic outlook in focus, as gold approaches $5,000 –.. - source: The Guardian - 23.01.2026
‘I’m picking winners’: UK business secretary takes activist approach to economic growth
AI evangelist Peter Kyle wants to scale up businesses, attract overseas investors and look out for UK’s poorer regions
The UK business secretary, Peter Kyle, has said he is “betting.. - source: The Guardian - 23.01.2026
Deportations up, job growth down: Trump’s second term so far – in charts
Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity
The Trump administration has had an unprecedented first year. The.. - source: The Guardian - 22.01.2026
Rolling coverage of the world economic forum in Davos
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism as doubts persist
The United States is ‘truly committed’ to.. - source: The Guardian - 22.01.2026
Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos
US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’
Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland but said.. - source: The Guardian - 21.01.2026
Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances
As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?
Donald Trump has told the Davos economic forum.. - source: The Guardian - 21.01.2026
The global economic system doesn’t even benefit its US and European creators any more – let alone indebted nations or emerging giants
Donald Trump represents everything that the Davos.. - source: The Guardian - 21.01.2026