The global rebound in 2021 was 6.1 per cen,t and this year the IMF expects global growth of 3.2 per cent followed by 2.9 per cent next. These forecasts may prove optimistic.
My guess is that she is too smart to allow the worst case scenario to happen. To do that, however, she is going to have to move swiftly from focusing on winning the confidence of Conservative MPs and party members to winning the confidence of the markets.
For starters, a leader with integrity, a reasonably competent Cabinet, a less divisive tone, a new seriousness of purpose on policy and, in particular, some pragmatism on Europe.
The effect of benefit policy changes on the incomes of working-age adults and children since 2010 has been an average loss of £375 per year compared with a boost to pensioners of £510 per year.
Delivering the right vehicle cannot be premised on the idea that non-EU states are merely satellites of Brussels.
It is trying to find ways to get away with violating its obligations. Not exactly in line with the image it attempts to paint of itself in the Brexit context.
it is almost impossible to disentangle any effect from the much larger shock resulting from pandemic and war.
We see evident now in the Tory Party, my party, a strange mix of complacency, entitlement, fear and exhaustion.
The Government’s approach is unlikely to bring out the best from those upon whom it depends to get things done.
Sefcovic’s language in response was more assuaging than we have seen from Brussels in previous UK-EU rows.
This must be explained to US Democrats who do not understand the unionist position or the legal background.
It is an essential British interest that Putin’s efforts to split Germany, France and Italy from the front line states fails.
The Government could dangle before the EU another gain it wants in order to win a revised Protocol.
Both countries look set to continue to rub along uneasily, mixing elements of cooperation and competition along the way.
I have tabled an amendment to place a “parliamentary lock” on the Bill, requiring the Government to obtain a specific vote in favour of bringing its provisions into force.