James Tapper

Schools are pushing out established groups as funding for more places comes on stream

Number of Brits crossing Atlantic down 14.3% from 2024 – and the travel industry fears decline could continue

Advertising on snacks rises 26% compared with last year, months before restrictions on promoting unhealthy food come into force

New measures announced to help tariff-hit British firms amid ambitious plans to foster closer ties with EU

Young people whose debts outweigh their assets are at risk of experiencing blighted earnings, and even poorer health

With the city’s refuse collectors still on the picket line after four weeks, residents are pointing the finger of blame at the council

Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling

Controversial plans to cut personal independence payment (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK