Borrowing costs fall as interest rate hike fears ease Economics Government borrowing costs fell sharply on Tuesday, after a dovish speech from Bank of England governor and revived hopes of a Middle East peace deal led traders to pare back bets on central bank interest rate hikes. Gilts rebounded across the curve, outperforming their European peers. The UK’s two-year and 10-year government bonds fell as [...]
Iran ‘pulls out of talks with US’ and threatens to strike Israel Politics Iran has withdrawn from peace talks with the United States and threatened to launch an attack on Israel after the Netanyahu administration announced plans for an air strike on neighbouring Lebanon. According to a state-affiliated news agency, Tehran has vowed to hit back at northern Israel if Lebanon is hit by Israeli strikes and end [...]
Trump hails relationship with Starmer – but no steel exemptions yet Politics In a Scottish golfing holiday that has swiftly given way to a multi-sided international summit, Keir Starmer has held a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump which has spanned from the UK-US trading relationship to immigration policy and international conflicts. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds had tempered expectations of immediate steel tariff progress ahead of the meeting, [...]
84 per cent of Brits want Iran blocked from developing nuclear weapons June 16, 2025 A huge 84 per cent of Brits say that Iran should be stopped from developing nuclear weapons, with 44 per cent supporting UK military efforts to intervene, according to polling from think tank More in Common. The overwhelming strength of public concern and the relative backing of intervention is at odds with Sir Keir Starmer’s [...]
Netanyahu attacks Starmer for siding with ‘mass murderers’ May 23, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UK, France, and Canada of being “on the wrong side of humanity” and claimed that their recent statements criticising Israel suggest “they want Hamas to remain in power.” Netanyahu also claimed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian leader Mark Carney have taken the [...]