Alastair Campbell and Jacob Rees-Mogg share little common ground on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union a decade ago — except both agree a second vote to join is unlikely in the near future.

Britain should set out a path for more Chinese investment as relations between the two countries normalize, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said while welcoming his counterpart Yvette Cooper.

The UK could miss its goal of adding 1.5 million new homes in the current parliamentary term by at least 40%, according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence that urges the government to ramp up efforts to stimulate demand and help developers.

China’s credit expansion slowed far more than expected from a year earlier in April while banks extended less new loans, underscoring unusually anemic borrowing demand even for a typically slow month for lending.

Chinese households picked up their pace of spending over the recent Labor Day extended holiday weekend, according to preliminary figures economists are assessing for a turnaround from a disappointing March.

Britons will head to the polls on Thursday for one of the most consequential rounds of local elections in memory, with control of the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and more than half of England’s councils at stake.

The Green Party is seeking to reduce the UK’s borrowing costs by tackling the climate crisis and reducing inequality, its leader Zack Polanski said a day before England-wide local elections at which his party is predicted to make strong gains.

The UK could slip into recession later this year and be forced to hike interest rates aggressively to contain inflation if the Middle East crisis worsens, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research warned.

Moody’s Ratings revised China’s credit outlook to stable from negative, an expression of confidence in the economy as the government copes with risks stemming from its swelling debt load.

China pulled back on fiscal spending in March as the economy rebounded at the start of the year despite disruptions caused by the war in Iran.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten met energy leaders to discuss cooperation in the North Sea as the war in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.

Britain has signed a “multimillion-pound” contract with Cambridge Aerospace, a startup aiming to supply systems for intercepting drones and cheap missiles at much lower cost than existing defense systems.

Britain has signed a “multimillion-pound” contract with Cambridge Aerospace, a startup aiming to supply systems for intercepting drones and cheap missiles at much lower cost than existing defense systems.

The UK warned Vladimir Putin against damaging Britain’s undersea cables and pipelines after a month-long operation to track three Russian submarines in nearby waters.

China will set up a sweeping new mechanism to ensure the security of its supply chains, targeting espionage and allowing Beijing to retaliate against foreign entities if they impose curbs on trade, according to a directive released by the State Council on Tuesday.

An influential journal of China’s leading Communist Party published a rare warning about risks associated with the nation’s gaping trade surpluses, saying that pushing exports too far can expose the economy to vulnerabilities at home and abroad.

The economic repercussions of Donald Trump’s war on Iran are threatening to hurt Britain more than other major economies, with the Bank of England keeping a close eye on price pressures. Yet one of the US President’s other flagship policies — high tariffs — could have a peculiar side-effect of defending the UK from spiraling inflation.

Properly designed UK support to cut household energy bills could help reduce both inflation and government debt service costs, potentially resulting in an aid package that pays for itself, Deutsche Bank said.

China’s government spending got off to its fastest start to any year since 2022, likely an effort by authorities to fortify the economy in the face of rising external uncertainty.

Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister who bookmakers rate the favorite to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader, said the UK’s governing party is “running out of time” to deliver change, in her most public criticism yet of the premier’s leadership.