Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

AN OVERWHELMING number of MSPs have backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future ...

A number of decisions may now be decided behind closed doors and by unelected bureaucrats instead of in public at a planning committee

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan

Forth Ports pulls out of Rosyth-Europe ferry plans despite £6m government funding.