Economy

Starmer set to be strongarmed into 3.5% defence budget plus extra 1.5% for spies and infrastructure at crucial summit this month Britain will be forced to commit to a massive …

OECD slashes growth forecasts to pandemic-era lows as tariff chaos grips major economies – with US set to be hit HARDEST The global economy is heading for its worst performance …

Military chiefs warn Britain must prepare for conflict within three years as PM scrambles to find billions for defence Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to hike taxes on hardworking …

NFU seizes on Starmer’s Winter Fuel climbdown to push for ‘deeply unjust’ inheritance tax reversal as elderly farmers fear becoming ‘burden’ on families British farmers have issued an urgent plea …

Europe threatens retaliation and Canada slams ‘economic self-harm’ as Trump promises to ‘secure’ US steel industry with dramatic Pittsburgh rally announcement US to double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports …

Tesco is trialling shorter opening hours at some Express stores, closing at 10pm rather than 11pm, after being hammered by a £235million rise in staff costs from Rachel Reeves’s devastating …

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to slash up to 50,000 civil service jobs as part of a major Whitehall shake-up aimed at shrinking the size of the state, according to …

Donald Trump sent Russian markets into freefall yesterday after launching an unexpected verbal assault on Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian leader “absolutely crazy” and threatening fresh sanctions over Moscow’s escalating …

More than 1.3 million pensioners have been landed with unexpected tax bills in a record-breaking year for HMRC’s “simple assessments” – with experts warning millions more are “sleepwalking” into the …