UK

Introduction The new UK government elected in July 2024 has promised a ‘decade of national renewal’, realised through its Industrial Strategy, its Infrastructure Strategy, and the transition to Clean Power. The state’s footprint on what is meant to be a free market economy will be substantially expanded. The costs of this ‘renewal’ will test the […]

It is about the plans of the UK government to launch a decade-long programme of ‘investment’ in industry, infrastructure and Net Zero, greatly expanding the state’s role in the economy. The programme is to be funded entirely with new debt of £1.64 trillion: the same amount as the spending programme. This is 58% of the […]

  The American-British trade relationship, once framed primarily by economic liberalism, is emerging into a nexus of investment, trade and technology security amid strategic alignments in the face of rising global tensions. For the United Kingdom, whose economy is still adjusting to the post-Brexit and post-pandemic environment, the goals of the United States-UK Economic Prosperity Deal (EPD) […]