There is strong evidence that planning restrictions, high taxes, and complex regulation all act as drag factors on enterprise and productivity in the UK.

This imposes real constraints on public spending. But the idea of a funding crisis is overblown.

Thatcher's legacy appears to be overlooked in her home country, where it  is needed the most during these challenging times while Japan’s first  female PM has made her a role model. 

The surprise and convincing win by Plaid Cymru in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election has set political analysts wondering if it forebodes the break-up of the United Kingdom. 

Offshore windfarm companies may be exempted from new UK nature rules in an attempt to keep down the cost of renewable energy, the Guardian has learned.

 The UK government has a long history of keeping an eye on its citizens, once through opened letters, now through digital surveillance.

Jess Ralston, head of energy at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank, said: “Every bit of free wind and sun power that we harness means we need to buy less foreign gas from abroad, boosting our energy security.”

Ryan Bourne, writing for Cato, produces impressive statistics in favour of driverless cars.  

Average private rents in Great Britain have climbed to record highs, with the amount tenants are being asked to pay in some hotspots rising more than 25% in a year, data shows.

Lord Eldon gave the word ‘reactionary’ a bad name.

This year’s three Nobel prize winners in economics won because they all argue the alchemy of capitalist growth lies rather in “creative destruction” – letting outworn companies with redundant technologies go to the wall while fostering their rapid replacement by young and innovative companies based on the technologies of today or tomorrow.

The UK’s TV and radio regulator is allowing GB News and others to “flout” accuracy rules and broadcast climate change denial, say campaigners.