Rather than play this futile and ultimately self-destructive game of telling the OBR what it wants to hear so that the numbers fit, let’s just narrow the scope of its responsibilities. The OBR’s ...

As a result of its excellent record as a fiscal watchdog and official forecaster, the OBR ranks among the most highly regarded independent fiscal institutions worldwide.

When giving a title to a film of the life of the last King of America, producers alighted on The Madness of King George and avoided the suffix III, for fear US audiences might think it a finale to a ...

In fact, the practice of science involves a daily confrontation with the unknown: it is a process of analysis, experimentation, and, above all, failure. Certainly, scientists hope to find the truth ...

Also in today’s newsletter, an interview with South Korea’s acting president, and Trump’s trade war hits New York’s Chinatown ...

The Israeli military has admitted to “professional failures” and said it would sack an officer, after an incident in which ...

Logistics group DHL is suspending some parcel deliveries to the US from Monday as it struggles to cope with the extra costs ...

The late British tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht Bayesian is set to be lifted from the bottom of the sea with operations starting by the end of the month, as authorities seek to gather new ...

Luxury chocolatiers are shrugging off volatile raw material costs to enjoy a boom in demand, saying some consumers are responding to the higher prices and reduced cocoa content in mass-market products ...

The consensus for manufacturing is projected to fall from 50.2 last month to 49.4, while the PMI for service providers is expected to fall from 54.4 to 52.8. A number above 50 indicates growth, while ...

The Arctic, scientists warn, displays an intensified version of how climate change plays out elsewhere on the globe. Geopolitically, too, temperatures could heat up faster in the region without ...

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team has set its sights on the National Gallery of Art, as the billionaire’s so-called Department of ...