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Companies grumble about watchdogs, and there’s often room to improve, but the big stuff is in the hands of government

Editorial: Labour should ask the Bank of England if it can do more to boost growth

A former Health Secretary once told me, with an understandable degree of despair, about the frustrations of being in ultimate charge of the NHS. He had all the policy levers at his disposal in his office, but however many he pushed, or pulled, nothing he did seemed to make any…

Ian Murray’s first visit to Holyrood as Scottish Secretary yesterday was a disaster.

It came after fresh data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy grew by a weaker-than-expected 0.1% in November.

THE Tories made mistakes in office – including in their handling of Brexit – and Labour are now “doubling down” on them, Kemi Badenoch has…

The Tory leader also admitted mistakes by the last Conservative governments over Brexit and immigration

An open letter signed by more than 80 retailers warned the new measures could result in increased expenses and possible job losses

ANAS Sarwar has been accused of living in a “parallel universe” after he denied there would be any austerity under Labour – in the same week…

The Office for National Statistics estimated the UK economy grew in November by 0.1% after falling by 0.1% in both September and October.

After a tough start to the year, the chancellor’s desire to ‘kickstart growth’ is unlikely to happen quickly