The UK's youth NEET rate is diverging from OECD peers even as apprenticeship participation rises, raising questions about whether current skills policies are translating into sustained employment and future labour…

The UK’s planning reforms aim to accelerate housing delivery, but implementation and local decision-making remain key risks for developers and investors. The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 is shaping up…

The UK’s CCS rollout is entering a critical execution phase, but midstream transport and offshore storage capacity are lagging behind capture commitments. This emerging infrastructure gap is turning previously bankable…

The UK's new National Wealth Fund may be relatively small by international standards, but its long-term success will rely entirely on the governance framework due in June 2026. A credible…

Remittances have emerged as a critical pillar of macroeconomic resilience across developing economies, often surpassing traditional sources of external finance in scale and stability. Yet this apparent resilience conceals a…

As the Middle East and North Africa region faces an aging population, this trend has important political and economic indications that will affect the region into the middle of the…

The United Kingdom's VAT on private school fees is designed to increase tax revenues and promote fairness, yet the slightest modest shift of pupils into the state sector could generate…

Access to Work is under growing pressure as demand outpaces the system’s ability to provide timely support. This article examines how expanding the scheme, or introducing a complementary wage-support pilot,…

The UK–India CETA treats temporary business mobility as a trade issue rather than an immigration issue, but political pressures could test the durability of these commitments and their value for…