France open to letting deficit reduction target slip amid tariff uncertainty, minister says France’s finance minister Eric Lombard has opened the door to letting the French government’s deficit reduction target slip this year – ruling out extra spending cuts and tax increases to offset a potential shortfall in growth. SpeakingContinue Reading
Japan says Trump’s tariffs a ‘national crisis’ Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said this morning that tariffs imposed on Japanese goods by US president Donald Trump are a “national crisis”. Japan, one of the United States’ biggest trading partners and its largest foreign investor, was hit by a 24-percent levy. TheContinue Reading
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Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances. To meet her fiscal rules in the spring statement, Rachel Reeves unveiled a swathe of cuts toContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservative Party should let Reform UK win the Runcorn by-election next month as part of an “electoral pact” between theContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Britain could hit the US with retaliatory tariffs after Donald Trump slapped levies of 10 per cent on British goods enteringContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A new poll has revealed a dramatic collapse in public satisfaction with the NHS, with almost two-thirds of people across England,Continue Reading
EU preparing countermeasures, says Ursula Von der Leyen The EU is preparing countermeasures after US president Donald Trump hit dozens of nations with “reciprocal tariffs” in what is seen as a “major blow” to the world economy. “We are already finalising the first package of countermeasures in response to tariffsContinue Reading
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email As Donald Trump prepares to unveil the latest round of US tariffs – grandly dubbed “Liberation Day” by the WhiteContinue Reading
