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Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing costs not seen since the chaos of the Liz Truss mini-budget, the Guardian can reveal. Such is their concern about the impact on wider borrowing costs for the UK, even beyond utilities and infrastructure, that they believe Thames should be renationalised before the general election. Officials in the Treasury and the UK’s Debt Management Office fear that, unless the UK...

‘Before Brexit, we could phone up on Monday and have the plants here by Wednesday – it was dead easy,” says Richard McKenna, managing director of Provender…

This week sees the introduction of new government policy on the control of EU produce entering the UK, with firms fearing delays, rising costs and the ability of border posts to cope

Before Brexit, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor, he colourfully wrote in the Daily Telegraph. “Let us suppose you are losing an argument ... Your best bet...

The economic statecraft landscape is becoming more complex as transatlantic partners increasingly leverage the tools to counter threats.

There is a lot of confusion about which queue to join on arrival at Portuguese airports when citizens have a resident card but are from a country outside the...

Cancer charities, MPs and skin experts last night called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to remove the 20 per cent tax - which was imposed as a result of EU legislation.

As both jurisdictions integrate further, the economic distinctions between the North and South will have almost disappeared by the time a Border poll is called

Manchester is desperate for workers. There are 40,000 jobs advertised in the city at the moment, at every pay grade. Ann Summers wants a stockroom assistant (£10.70 an hour), or you could invigilate exams at £14 an hour or post videos on TikTok for £20 an hour. Sellcheck Chemicals is offering up to £75,000 a

The U.K.’s fines are at least as harsh as the EU’s.