The Latest Breaking News from UK Plc

Why Rachel Reeves should give bankers more of a cold shoulder at Davos 2026

The chancellor has been cosseting City lenders to fuel economic growth but studies show UK plc would be better served by trying to keep them in check

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

Starmer ‘not up to the job’ says Labour MP as PM faces furious backlash over Mandelson: UK Politics live

PM’s top aide under scrutiny over reports he pushed hard for Labour grandee’s appointment as US ambassador

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

OPINION - Brexit schmexit, we're in tariff era now and Britain is finally feeling the benefits

For all the comedy drama of Donald Trump’s Scottish visit, the implications for UK Plc and London as its fulcrum are positive. Or rather, are a lot less negative than the EU-US trade deal, which left the EU Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen looking as if she had swallowed…

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

UK stock markets could get a ‘closer look’ in 2025 amid investment drive

The FTSE 100 hit a number of record highs in May after getting off to a strong start to the year.

Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025

How the wheels fell off listed UK plc and what can be done to fix it

City Voices: Gordon Brown has much to answer for when it comes to our stock market

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2024

Hunt knows he must scrap the ‘tourist tax’. But the politics are tricky

City Comment: The OBR might offer the Chancellor a way to present his U-turn as in the interests of UK plc as a whole, not just London

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024

Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit

Concerns raised over anonymous briefings that triggered early-hours resignation of Dame Alison Rose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Warm glow from high street amid frosty conditions

UK plc has had a quartet of huge shocks to deal with —we must hope there’s not another on the way

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2023

UK will be worst performing G7 nation this year as economy shrinks, experts predict

The International Monetary Fund thinks UK plc will shrink 0.3%, and the only other advanced economy in the G7 group expected to decline is Germany’s, by 0.1%

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

OPINION - Rishi Sunak is playing a cunning — and morally dubious — double game

Tomorrow, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his first Budget speech, he will be faced across the Despatch Box by Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Yet his true opponents will be the ghosts of Conservatism’s recent past: Boris Johnson and the ethical crash that ended his shambolic premiership;…

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023