Airlines, rail, film, airports, ships, legal firms, energy supply and banking – no sector seems off limits to state intervention
Few would argue that where there is market failure then an intervention by the state can be justified, however, many
The Channel Islands’ credit rating improves, Gibraltar passes the EU Withdrawal Bill and Flybe’s rescue welcomed on the Isle of Man
Last month in the UK, the ONS published its 2018 full year estimate of economic activity by UK country, region
The South Yorkshire devolution deal agreed, Northern Rail nationalised and Sirius Minerals salvaged
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, Y&H had a deficit of £11.3bn,
WM sees the biggest increase in state spending in the UK, the region’s house prices rise the fastest in England and the UK’s largest ‘regeneration project’ approved
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, the WM had a deficit of
The EE one of three UK regions to run a budget surplus and tensions between economic development and planning in evidence
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, the EE had a surplus of
London continues to bankroll the UK, house prices still stalled and London Power launched
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, London had a surplus of £38.8bn,
The gap between the NE’s tax take and public spending increases, the unemployment rate still a UK outlier, and trains dominate economic developments
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, the NE had a deficit of
NI improves its fiscal deficit and boasts the lowest jobless rate in the UK but the economy stalls
In the ONS’s estimate of regional public spending and regional tax revenues in 2019, NI had a deficit of £9.4bn,
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ONS and ESCoe regional growth figures suggest the EM plummets down the UK rankings over nine months, the economy contracts in Q1, but a good increase in regional pay
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