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Net UK housing wealth ‘exceeded £7 trillion for the first time last year’

The growth in house prices over the past three years has added considerably to homeowners’ ‘paper wealth’, Savills said.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

South West to be UK’s third-fastest growing region, EY report finds

Research from the financial services giant has forecast two South West cities will be among the UK’s top cities for employment growth between 2024-26

Birmingham Post · Feb 27, 2023

UK will be poorer than eastern Europe if Tory ‘low wage doom-loop’ continues, warns Keir Starmer

According to Labour's analysis of World Bank data, it predicts that wealth prospects in Britain are set to be surpassed within the next 20 years by eastern European rivals

Manchester Evening News · Feb 26, 2023

The Loop: Ukraine releases 'Banksy' postage stamps, SpaceX to launch ISS crew and Australia to overhaul 'useless' cyber laws — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

Northern Ireland protocol: what are the issues and what could change?

UK and EU aiming to finalise a deal to revise terms of agreement on post-Brexit trade

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

Alan Kohler: Why the Ukraine war poses a grave and growing danger to Australia

Australia's problem is that Xi Jinping is fully invested in a 'no limits' pact with Putin. If China goes all-in, bad news for our exports.

The New Daily · Feb 26, 2023

British military urged to 'buy Australian' after UK clinches lucrative defence contracts Down Under

The defence industry minister challenges the UK to purchase more Australian-made military equipment such as Bushmasters given British companies have won billions of dollars of recent contracts here, including the lucrative Hunter-class frigate program.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

Record number of Britons head to Greece as nation enjoys tourism boom

UK nationals outnumber Germans for first time, as post-pandemic rebound helps Greek economy to grow by 5.6% in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

Sunak, von der Leyen to meet on prospect of Northern Ireland Brexit deal

LONDON — Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in the U.K. on Monday, as expectation builds for an imminent announcement on a post-Brexit settlement for Northern Ireland.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023

Ex-British PM Boris Johnson’s ‘f*** the Americans’ remark ‘beyond the pale’

Joe Biden famously trashed economic plan of Johnson’s successor

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023