UK Prime Minister Sunak pledges 2.5 percent GDP military spending to place economy on a “war footing”

Speaking in front of an armoured vehicle and alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw, Poland, Sunak said the increase in military spending “is a turning point for European security ... Read More

Microsoft CEO Pledges $2.2 Billion in Latest Asian AI Investment

Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.2 billion to build digital infrastructure in Malaysia, the latest in a series of big-ticket bets on Asia’s rising prominence as a technology market.Most Read from ... Read More

Slow growth, high debt - troubled UK economy awaits election winners

Britain's national election, expected later this year, will take place against a backdrop of persistently slow economic growth, high public debt and little room to increase spending for whoever wins ... Read More

Labour to renationalise UK railways 'within 5 years of winning power' at Westminster

The ambitious plan would see all cross-border services linking Scotland and England brought back under public control. Read More

Scotland to play ‘growing role in Britain's defence’ following budget increase, Alister Jack says

Alister Jack has claimed Scotland will play a “growing role in defence” as the industry welcomed this week’s increase in Government spending. Rishi Sunak has committed to reaching 2.5 per cent of ... Read More

Taxation in the digital economy

However, as the global economy continues to change, the established tax regulations do not capture the new, often digital business ... From 1 April 2020, the UK Government introduced a new 2 ... Read More

Yousaf pledges £80m for affordable housing following collapse of Green deal

With the SNP now a minority Government and a motion of no confidence in him looming, the Scottish First Minister said he will increase the ... jobs and growth in the economy. Read More

Labour pledge to renationalise railways within five years

A Labour government would expect to transfer rail networks to public ownership within its first term, the party will say. Read More

Digital payment system 'Raast' initiative to help boost formal economy: PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the 'Raast' initiative will help boost formal economy ... of Pakistan's first instant Digital Payment System 'Raast' in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said cash ... Read More

Labour to pledge to renationalise railways if elected

The party will call it the “biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation” ... Read More

Labour to pledge to renationalise railways if elected

“The Labour commitment delivers for the economy ... as the SNP Scottish Government have done, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will instead increase private investment into another public ... Read More