Ukraine is believed to have vast ­mineral reserves, including 19 million tonnes of graphite and a third of Europe’s lithium, both of which are used in batteries, as well as large ­deposits of rare earth metals, used to produce electronics used in everything from iPhones to fighter jets.

Trump and his crew have shone a harsh light on European defence, showing it up as dysfunctional, all the way from boots on the ground through budgets to production capacity.

Are there benefits to heading off climate change?

It seems that the political cycle has changed. It used to be thought that after left-leaning governments had broken the economy by reckless spending, the UK public would elect right-leaning ones to fix it.

In fact, another one of those reasons why everyone talking about the wealth distribution, wealth inequality, is wrong.

The ASI published ‘Flat Tax - the British Case’ by Andrei Grecu in 2004. It aroused much debate at the time and now, with the prospect of a radical incoming government, it is perhaps time the case was made again.

A landmark deal clinched between the UK and EU to remove checks on food exports will add £9bn to the UK economy and lower food prices, No 10 has said, as the last-minute agreement was secured early on Monday morning.

An incoming UK government that aims to reduce the nanny state of excessive government intervention in personal choices might pursue reforms in several key areas to roll it back.

China is set to flood Britain with cheap vapes, researchers have said, as manufacturers seek to capitalise on the world’s second biggest market after Donald Trump’s tariffs.

There are strong arguments to suggest that the UK Treasury is too focused on maximizing tax revenues at the expense of broader goals such as economic growth, living standards, and fairness.

An underlying and fundamental part of our analysis of what has gone wrong with this sceptered isle is that we simply have too much bureaucracy.