December 2025

British leaders are now the least optimistic cohort internationally, and it’s having a real-world impact on growth, writes David Stevens Britain has long prided itself on being one of the …

A London property firm has invoiced Lime nearly £8,000 for removing, storing and returning dockless e-bikes left on its private land, City AM understands, amid struggles to contain the capital’s …

Mic-drop moments does not a good government make. Alastair McCapra makes the case for political leaking In November 1989, cameras were finally allowed into the House of Commons. Just a …

Appearing before MPs yesterday, Keir Starmer bemoaned the “consultations, regulations [and] arms-length bodies” that create “a thicket of reasons why you can’t do something.” He was responding to a question …

Reform used the summer holiday vacuum to further their cause, and it’s made all the difference, writes Michael Martins in today’s Notebook My political winners of the year? Reform spin …

The once-coveted British passport has tumbled in value since Rachel Reeves’ “wealth tax” Budget, according to a new report.  In the latest Passport Index, put together by financial advisory firm …

Reform has by any measure enjoyed an incredible 2025. But for much of the poll-topping year, its economic vision has remained an unknown entity. Ali Lyon met policy chief Zia …

A Reform government would partially nationalise Rolls-Royce as a quid pro quo for helping it ramp up its small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear programme “as fast as it possibly can”, …

The young do not need moral lectures. They need chances. And chances come from businesses that are free to hire, free to experiment and free to take risks, not from …

Starling is motoring into 2026 with its foot firmly on the pedal, injecting a fresh pump of gas into the group’s technology arm. The UK fintech veteran is planning to …