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Britain’s weak growth and its strained EU trading relationship dominated discussion at this week’s UKICE Lunch Hour event. Economists warned that political short-termism is making structural economic reform nearly impossible.
Power banks and vaping devices are now the number one fire risk on commercial aircraft, with dangerous lithium battery incidents in hold luggage nearly doubling in a single year. Aviation safety officials are warning the trend is moving in the wrong direction fast.
Ten years after the Brexit vote, the UK’s economy and political landscape look fundamentally different — and reactions across Europe, from Westminster to border towns like Břeclav, remain raw and revealing. Here’s what a decade of transformation actually looks like.
StubHub UK has been fined nearly £900,000 by the CMA for hiding mandatory booking fees until the final stage of checkout. The penalty is part of a wider regulatory crackdown on drip pricing across online ticket platforms.
The Financial Times argues Britain’s policymakers are relying on economic myths that have failed to deliver growth for over a decade. With UK productivity lagging far behind comparable economies, the cost of comfortable thinking is becoming impossible to ignore.
The UK economy grew 0.7% in early 2025, but sluggish productivity and uneven gains mean many households aren’t feeling the recovery. Here’s what GDP really tells us about Britain’s economic health.
A drug that delays the onset of type 1 diabetes by three years has been made available on the NHS for the first time. Teplizumab targets the immune system to slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells before the disease fully develops.
Katie Howett paid £18 for a Vinted ski jacket and found a gold wedding ring engraved with a 2003 anniversary date hidden in the pocket. What followed was a 36-hour social media hunt that reunited a Stockport couple with a ring lost five years ago on an Austrian ski slope.
A couple from Banbury have purchased the Barry Island home of Gavin and Stacey’s Uncle Bryn for £187,500, fulfilling a lifelong dream tied to the hit BBC sitcom. Matt and Claire Hodgson plan to open the iconic property as a fan-focused holiday let by early summer.
A new Institute for Government report warns the UK economy’s structural weaknesses are undermining the state’s ability to fund basic public services. With debt interest topping £100 billion a year and productivity flat since 2008, the fiscal outlook is grimmer than official projections admit.
