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Thursday’s new trade strategy shows the government understands what’s required to move the economic dial. But the public needs to feel the benefits at home. They need to see that our relationship with the EU is not just warmer, but mutually beneficial and materially improving their lives.

If it hasn’t already, the situation in the Middle East risks reaching boiling point, but an underdiscussed aspect is the impact it could have on the fightback against Putin’s illegal war and the importance of the UK and Europe keeping Ukraine high up the geopolitical agenda.

This morning the government published the UK’s new Trade Strategy, the first one since the UK left the EU. The report outlines the targeted approach the government will take over the coming years to provide ‘practical deals that deliver faster benefits to UK businesses’. The Trade Strategy makes clear that the EU is “our closest neighbour and trading partner”, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that he wanted the UK-EU relationship “to move on in iterations” at the yearly summits the UK and EU have now agreed to.

For far too long asylum seekers, and immigrants of all kinds, have been demonised. Their existence weaponised for political gain, their struggles ignored in favour of a narrative designed to stoke division and fear. Tomorrow is World Refugee Day and so we felt there was no better time to dispel the myths which surround refugees. How many refugees are in the UK? How much do we spend each year to protect refugees? Which country takes the most refugees globally?

World leaders flying into this week’s G7 summit in Kananaskis, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, might have been nervously scanning from the aeroplane windows for apex predators.

Fifteen years after George Osborne entered the Treasury, Reeves branded austerity as “a destructive choice for our economy…creating a lost decade for growth, wages, and living standards”. Reeves' first year in office has so far been largely defined by cuts to Winter Fuel Payments and looming cuts to PIP, but what was included in the Chancellor’s plans for the rest of the Parliament? And how could a closer relationship with Europe help her mission?

Donald Trump has temporarily exempted the UK from his doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminium while the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal is being finalised. But with a 9 July deadline looming, what are the chances of EPD being implemented - and will tariffs return if it isn't?

The defeat of the liberal mayor of Warsaw by an ardent nationalist and eurosceptic will bring challenges to Polish PM Donald Tusk and threaten Poland’s place at the centre of the European Union. With victory, Nawrocki becomes the latest European leader to actively ape President Trump as the MAGA movement seeps into European politics.

Romania has elected the Mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, as its next President. The result marks a surprising turnaround from the results of the initial ballot and brings to an end months of political volatility in the nation after the initial presidential election result was annulled. The victory for Dan is a victory for pro-EU sentiment in the country, whilst the election handed defeat to George Simion, a former football ‘ultra’ critical of Ukraine and flattering to Trump.

While this deal may ease tensions and smooth select trade flows, it’s no game-changer for the UK economy. Not yet.

The UK and EU today struck a new deal aimed at fixing post-Brexit friction. From smoother travel and youth mobility to cheaper food, defence cooperation and reduced barriers for businesses, some changes will kick in quickly, while others require further negotiation. The deal marks the first step towards a more practical partnership - here's what's in it.

Well, the big day is almost here. After many warm words and months of speculation, on Monday Keir Starmer will welcome EU leaders to agree the terms of his much anticipated relationship reset with the EU.

Trump is deeply sceptical of the institutions built in the shadow of the end of the Second World War - the UN, the European Union, NATO - that were intended to prevent such a devastating conflict from recurring. His hostility leaves a vacuum on the world stage. It is critical to the stability of our continent that the UK works with our European allies to fill it.

On 6 May the UK government announced that a UK-India Free Trade Agreement had been agreed, but what does the deal entail and what does it mean for the UK economy?

Anthony Albanese secured a thumping electoral victory in Australia over the weekend, becoming the first Australian Prime Minister to secure a second term in decades. So with a pro-Trump candidate winning the first round of the Romanian Presidential election, and Reform UK making gains in last week's local elections, what can Europe learn from Canada and Australia about pushing back the populist tide?

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has secured one of the greatest political comebacks in living memory. At the turn of the year, the Liberal Party was over 20 points behind the Conservatives in the polls. Fast forward four months and the resignation of Justin Trudeau, the appointment of Mark Carney and the shadow of Trump has propelled the LIberals to a Lazarus-like resurrection of popularity.

The first 🇬🇧 UK-EU 🇪🇺 Summit between Keir Starmer and Ursula Von Der Leyen on 19th May 2025 is just weeks away, and it's up to you to help make...

On 2 April, standing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Donald Trump announced new tariffs on UK exports to the US. Trump has since delayed the implementation of the higher rates of tariffs for 90 days. But what are tariffs? How will these new tariffs affect the UK? And how should the UK government respond to this change to the world economic order?

Here we'll go through all you need to know about if Brexit really has shielded the UK economy from America's trade war.

Our most important defence ally is the United States, our largest trading partner is the European Union. Yet somehow, we are chasing better trade terms with America while seeking stronger military ties with Europe.