Economics

The PM is believed to have profited to the tune of £5 million as partner in a hedge fund at the heart of the 2008 RBS crash.

The shadow chancellor is set to draw battle lines over the economy ahead of the election.

Lammy defended comments made by Rachel Reeves, saying she was setting out a “vision for growth” ahead of the next general election.

“Scotland’s economic contribution to the UK stretches far beyond North Sea Oil", Bradley Post, the managing director of RIFT, said.

Negotiations over a free trade agreement have dragged on for two years, with no sign of a breakthrough on the horizon.

"I wasn't sure you could make the start of a recession read like good news, but somehow the BBC managed it", Adam Bienkov said.

Britain had faced an inflation ‘double whammy’ with both a tight jobs market and a trade shock, Megan Greene said.

The ONS estimated that gross domestic product fell by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, following a decline of 0.1 per cent in the previous three months.

Britain has “significantly underperformed” compared with the EU and US since the vote to leave in June 2016, Goldman Sachs claims.