Month: December 2023

UK construction activity contracts for third month in a row  Financial Times Read More

India, UK seek to wrap up trade talks before busy election year  Deccan Herald Read More

UK manufacturers face EU trading hurdles 3 years after Brexit  Financial Times Read More

UK pupils’ science and maths scores lowest since 2006 in international tests  The Guardian Mathematics, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teenagers  Reuters U.S. students’ math scores plunge in global education assessment  Axios The true extent of damage to schools from Covid-19  Financial Times “Weathering the Storm”: Federal Efforts Helped Bolster U.S. Education Standing…

Sunak faces bleak economic backdrop to expected 2024 UK election  Reuters UK Read More

Shrinkflation to help push up UK Christmas spending by £105, as cautious customers hold back – business live  The Guardian Read More

Shoppers cut back on non-essential items to add to UK retail gloom  The Guardian UK Christmas Sales Are Off to Weak Start as Brits Delay Spending  Bloomberg UK retailers see weak sales growth in November despite Black Friday deals  Reuters UK Cautious consumers delay Christmas spending  Evening Standard Christmas spending slump as even Black…

UK needs new plan to reverse hit to living standards, researchers say  Reuters UK UK’s 15-year economic slump | World Business Watch  WION Britain’s Economic Stagnation Leaves Households £8300 Worse Off  Bloomberg Britain has been in a 15-year economic slump. This is our route out of it  The Guardian The Guardian view on a…

Pension fund ownership of UK stocks hits record low – latest updates  The Telegraph Read More

UK would be a climate leader again under Labour, vows Starmer  The Guardian UK generates billions in climate finance and first CRDC in Africa  GOV.UK Keir Starmer promises not to lecture people about carbon emissions  The Independent Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘retreating’ from climate leadership at Cop28  The Guardian Keir Starmer details ‘clean power…