In a live Q&A, The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul fielded readers’ questions on Trump’s trade war, ...

Britain is being cold-shouldered, not because of our economics — but because of our values, or the lack thereof under Labour.

Boris Johnson led the official Vote Leave campaign bus in the Brexit referendum (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Archive) Just as the UK economy was ... may get along fine without it.

Following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit), the landscape for renewable energy targets has shifted. The Ukraine-Russia ...

Nigel Farage has claimed Sir Keir Starmer is “behaving like a Brexiteer" with his stance on economic ... would have been without Brexit.” He went on to suggest that the UK's post-Brexit ...

Vital economic relationships across the world have become a sideshow – and the UK is in the splash zone. But while the centre ...

With the UK hit by a 10 per cent ... sovereignty is more important than GDP. Politically, though, Labour trying to reverse Brexit would lose a chunk of voters without gaining any, because those ...

Donald Trump has announced tariffs of 10 per cent on Britain as part of a “declaration of economic ... “Even without a formal preferential trade agreement, the UK and US have for decades ...

Despite Trump’s tariffs sending markets into freefall, Brexit Britain has scored another trade pact win with the United ...

The UK has claimed a major benefit ... as an independent country and the Brexit freedoms that go with it”. Economists still expect Britain’s economy to suffer from Trump’s sweeping trade ...

So, Britain has got its trade deal with the US – of sorts. Donald Trump has awarded Britain no exemption from his tariffs. Even so, he has left Britain off lightly, by imposing tariffs of 10 per ...

Without that ... face decimation. Brexit was estimated to have cost the UK £1 million an hour in lost trade in 2022 alone. Trump’s tariffs, as well as other grim economic factors, look set ...