U.K. consumer price inflation hit 9.4 percent in June, a significant increase since May, according to data released Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The reading marks a jump from the 9.1 percent measured in May. ...
Recent crises have highlighted the critical need for Europe to secure and strengthen its position as leader in medical innovation. As the European Commission works on the review of the Pharmaceutical Regulation, we need to ...
Brian Groom is a former assistant editor at the Financial Times and is the author of “Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day” (HarperNorth). Northern England, where the textile mills, coal ...
LONDON — Consumer price inflation in the U.K. reached 5.1 percent in the 12 months to November, the highest rate since September 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics. The ...
Dr. Eoin Drea is senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. It remains remarkable that for such a seismic event, Brexit continues to be most noticeable by its absence in the ...
Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute and author of “The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers” (Penguin, 2010). Only a year ago, some Western commentators were describing the coronavirus ...
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images ‘Governments may need to consider raising progressive taxes on more affluent individuals,’ says International Monetary Fund. By Bjarke Smith-Meyer 10/13/20, 2:31 PM CET Updated 10/13/20, 5:09 PM CET Countries should ...
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Leon Neal/Getty Images Pubs and restaurants will be forced to close at 10 p.m. and people will be encouraged to work from home under new restrictions announced Tuesday. By ...
Closed stores in the centre of Barcelona | Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Eurostat reports prices fell 0.2 percent in August, raising fears of economic freefall. By Bjarke Smith-Meyer 9/1/20, 11:46 AM CET Updated 9/1/20, ...
Economic output in the eurozone shrank by 12.1 percent in the second quarter of this year | Vladimir Simiceck/AFP via Getty Images EU also records worst-ever drop in employment between April and June. By Bjarke ...