Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement announcement to cut 10,000 back-office civil service roles has drawn support from leading policy recruitment experts, who see the move as a long-overdue correction that could increase public sector efficiency and create new career pathways. ...
The first thing to say about laissez-faire liberalism is that it arose in Europe, specifically in Western Christendom. This story goes back many centuries. It goes back into the Middle Ages. ...
Up to 2,700 jobs are at risk at British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks after its Chinese owner, Jingye Group, announced plans to shut down the site’s two remaining blast furnaces and scale back rolling mill operations. The decision marks a major ...
Next has become only the fourth UK retailer in history to post annual pre-tax profits exceeding £1 billion, joining the ranks of Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and Kingfisher. The FTSE 100-listed fashion and homewares giant reported a profit of £1.01 ...
The UK faces an eye-watering debt interest bill of nearly £600 billion over the next five years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), as the government contends with soaring borrowing costs, weak economic growth, and mounting fiscal pressure. ...
An enduring myth among American historians is that President Hoover’s response to the Depression was to let the free market work. This is totally false. ...
You’ve probably never thought about radiation in your cargo. Most people don’t, and yet this invisible threat actually poses real problems in global shipping. Radiation can hide in the most ordinary materials. It can hide in metal scraps, ceramic tiles, ...
An enduring myth among American historians is that President Hoover failed to respond to the Great Depression because he believed in laissez-faire economics. This historical record shows, however, that Hoover intervened in the economy, thus blocking an economic recovery. ...
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday. Kim inspected ...