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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.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has placed AI at the heart of Britain’s economic strategy, pledging over £8 billion in public investment and sweeping reforms to win the global AI race. But sceptics say energy limits and skills shortages could trip up the government’s ambitions.
A new policy framework from Funding the Future demands that care work be treated as economic infrastructure, not an afterthought. The Politics for People principles propose wealth taxes, accounting reforms, and a political coalition built around caregiving.
