Absent any new price shocks, this means that inflation forecasts will look benign quite early into 2026 and we expect two cuts in the first half of the year followed by one in the second half to bring ...

So if someone you’ve not met gives you a toothy grin, it’s probably me. Just be patient and, as locals in the 1980s used to say about the former IRA prisoners who would turn up in our area after a ...

Representatives of the French Senate and the lower house met to find a compromise, but the two groups quickly failed to reach agreement. Without a budget by the end of the year, the government will ...

The UK’s Foreign Office was the victim of a major cyber attack in October, which officials believe was carried out by Chinese hackers. The hack, which was not made public, was an attempt to gain ...

Germany has been “clearly in a recession since the end of 2022” and even fell back into contraction over the second and third quarters of this year, the central bank said.

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have both had good years thanks to disastrous strategy from the two main parties ...

Airlines are braced for the busiest Christmas on record, with more than 300mn people expected to fly worldwide over the ...

Arnold closed Centaurus in 2012 to focus on philanthropy. Now, Arnold Ventures has $4.8bn in assets and awarded $200mn in grants in 2024, according to a tax document. Politically, Arnold has given to ...

Lay-offs are replacing PowerPoint presentations as the heraldic emblem of the management consultant. McKinsey & Co is the latest to swing the axe, pruning its workforce by a reported few thousand over ...

While flower beds slumber through the British winter, artists are at work capturing their beauty. But the genre is too often ...

New Delhi is building up its maritime capability as a counter to Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the Indian Ocean ...

At the time of the Brexit referendum, many of its supporters (myself included) took the view that there would be short-term ...