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The State of Britain

The UK's economy, trade and investment

Peter Foster talks to politicians, policymakers and businesses about the UK’s search for growth, productivity and its place in a changing world. 

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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Politics
    The tricky year ahead for Labour Premium content

    The spending review, an industrial strategy and housing present big challenges for the government

    Builders on a residential housing site
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Brexit
    Charities are often overlooked when it comes to Budget impacts Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, measuring the impact of Brexit on trade

    NHS hospital ward
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Brexit
    It’s time for the UK to be brave in talks with the EU Premium content

    Also in this newsletter, Scotland’s drive to end child poverty

    Rachel Reeves talks to Spanish trade minister Carlos Cuerpo
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Newsletter
    What the UK must do to improve EU trade relations Premium content

    Business sentiment in countries such as Spain toward the UK has improved, but comes with expectations attached.

    UK investment minister Baroness Poppy Gustafsson
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    UK economy
    Shrinking vision of Skills England casts doubt on big fixes needed Premium content

    Diminished influence of much-vaunted body sends worrying signals about strategic drift inside government

    Keir Starmer visiting BAE Systems’ submarine academy for skills and knowledge in April this year in Cumbria, England
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Brexit
    It’s time for the UK to make some radical choices Premium content

    The incoming Trump presidency should force the UK government to overcome its cautiousness

    Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    UK economy
    Manchester’s lessons for other British cities Premium content

    Howard Bernstein transformed a city on its knees

    Sir Howard Bernstein
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Global Economy
    Trump’s election victory is Starmer’s worst nightmare Premium content

    The Republican’s victory threatens the UK’s already anaemic growth

    Donald Trump campaigning
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Businesses have Budget misgivings Premium content

    Warnings that private sector investment will be crowded out by increased state spending

    Rachel Reeves at the dispatch box
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK economy
    Britain’s period of ‘National Reviewal’ Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, SME export sales dip

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Brexit
    How the UK can improve its ‘offer’ to the world Premium content

    Eli Lilly’s chief says the country must do more to attract business, yet budgets are tight

    Chief executive officer of Eli Lilly, right, at the new production lab in Ireland
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Healthcare
    The root cause of Britain’s dental crisis Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: NHS waiting lists near record levels

    Dentists carry out a procedure on a patient in a London surgery
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Brexit
    Small but important steps in EU-UK relations Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: the apprenticeship levy and its failure to help the young into work

    Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speak to the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Politics
    ‘You do just wonder what on earth they were doing’ Premium content

    Business frustration at Labour’s lack of preparedness for government

    Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Politics
    Labour is in danger of losing the crowd Premium content

    The manifesto promised ‘change’ but there is a lack of strategy from the government

    Labour leader Keir Starmer at a rally
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Newsletter
    Science will test Britain’s global ambitions Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: Britain’s ‘unsustainable’ finances

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Brexit
    Renegotiating the UK’s Brexit deal will take more than warm words Premium content

    Plus, Starmer needs to ease up on the gloom

    Musicians protest in Westminster
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    UK devolution
    Houchen’s Tees Valley project and the challenge for Labour Premium content

    Plus: public transport and the productivity gap

    Ben Houchen
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    UK prisons
    Labour must have the courage of its convictions on prisons Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Lack of university alternatives handicaps young Brits

    Wandsworth prison in London
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour must marshal a patchwork of actors to deliver its missions Premium content

    Plus: with A&E attendances at record highs and waiting lists still long, NHS struggles through a permanent winter

    Keir Starmer points, during a visit to the Window Supply Company in Bathgate, Scotland
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    UK economy
    Why rapprochement with Europe is likely to be slow under Starmer Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: online mentions for ‘stop the boats’ surge

    Pro-EU protesters
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK economy
    Labour must not eschew big investments in the name of ‘tough choices’ Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: civil service headcount balloons

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during a press conference
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    Stockport’s housing saga mirrors wider challenge for Labour planning reform Premium content

    The town faces the same Nimbyism and conflicting attitudes towards the greenbelt that stifle much of the national debate

    Stockport market hall
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Brexit
    How to solve Britain’s building crisis Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: why it’s in Brussels’ interest to deepen energy co-operation with the UK

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Brexit
    Labour’s about to find out that alignment is not the same as agreement Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, the government’s plans to ‘get Britain building’

    Keir Starmer
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