Tariffs: Starmer ‘disappointed’ by Trump move and ‘all options on table’ March 12, 2025 The Prime Minister has said he is “disappointed” by US President Donald Trump’s move to bring in 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, including from the UK. Sir Keir Starmer has indicated the UK would keep open the option of retaliatory measures, emphasising that “we will keep all options on the table”. [...]
Quango crackdown as Starmer reportedly set to slash civil service jobs March 12, 2025 The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to slash thousands of civil service jobs amid a crackdown on quangos, as he aims to radically overhaul the British state. Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a speech on Thursday, in which he will set out plans to cut thousands more Whitehall jobs than expected, according to the Guardian. [...]
EU hits back at US with €26bn in retaliatory tariffs March 12, 2025 The EU has announced retaliatory “countermeasures” on €26bn worth of US goods, as the global trade war sparked by Trump’s package of tariffs continues to rage. Early on Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that there will be a two-stage process to implement the tariffs, first allowing current measures to lapse before [...]
Trump turbulence endangering global ‘soft landing’, BIS warns March 11, 2025 The economic convulsions wrought by Donald Trump’s volatile tariff announcements and swingeing public sector job cuts are threatening hopes of a soft landing after years of inflation, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has said. The BIS, known widely as the ‘central bank of central banks’, warned in its latest global report that while it [...]
Trump escalates trade war, suggests Canada becomes ‘51st State’ March 11, 2025 President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada, doubling tariffs on metals to 50 per cent and threatening to “substantially increase” levies on the automotive industry. In a post on his own Truth Social network, the US President threatened to “permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada” if Canadian retaliatory tariffs [...]
Trump resort vandalised in response to comments on Gaza March 8, 2025 Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort has been vandalised by activists in response to the US president’s statements on Gaza. The golf course in South Ayrshire, owned by the US president, was targeted overnight, with activists painting Gaza Is Not For Sale in three-metre high letters on the lawn, and damaging the greens including the course’s most prestigious hole, used in Open Championships. Red spray [...]
Free Thinking: Will Musk regret putting Trump’s politics before Tesla sales? March 7, 2025 This week on Free Thinking, Alys Denby is joined by writer and City AM columnist Eliot Wilson to discuss whether Elon Musk is paying the price for mixing politics and business.
Trump ‘just getting started’ as tariffs take hold March 5, 2025 In a major joint address to Congress Monday night, a defiant President Trump declared that he is “just getting started” as the backlash to the new Administration’s tariffs against Canada and Mexico intensifies. Trump gave this major speech on the day that he delivered a key campaign pledge, to impose sweeping taxes on the US’s [...]
Starmer must not exploit Ukraine crisis for right-wing votes March 5, 2025 With Trump and Vance attacking causes and values that British voters hold dear, Keir Starmer has to work harder to convey to a country shocked and appalled by the American administration’s behaviour whose side he is on, says Will Cooling As Sir Keir Starmer flew back to London last week, he could have been forgiven [...]
Britain should offer Ukraine our own minerals deal March 4, 2025 The door for Ukraine to co-develop its extensive reserves of rare earth minerals with the US appears all but closed. That’s a golden opportunity for Britain, says Andriy Dovbenko The UK has been a steadfast ally to Ukraine, offering military aid and economic support. However, the new £2.26bn loan extended to Ukraine presents an opportunity [...]