Laying out the frameworks and underlying structures that hold up the world we live in.
HMRC tax debt stands at £43.8bn, a third of last year's borrowing. Nearly half may never be paid, as the Budget weighs new powers over bank accounts.
Brazil and Serbia reject the right as Lula wins and Vučić concedes. In France, Marine Le Pen polls about 35% ahead of the 2027 election.
The Alberta referendum rejected a path out of Canada by about 76% to 24%. Voters backed eight of nine other questions, from citizenship checks to judges.
The 2026 Global Hunger Index finds hunger worse than in 2018 in 32 countries, as conflict hits a post-war high and food-crisis funding falls.
Pew puts the US wealth gap at 49 to 1. Europe's is narrower, Britain's is driven by property and pensions, and Brazil now taxes top earners harder.
The Conservatives' Right Way booklet puts the cost of net zero at £957bn. The CCC's 2020 figures total £478bn, and its latest estimate is £108bn.
China's draft rules would give gig workers pay floors, rest breaks and limits on algorithmic decisions. How they compare with the EU, UK and Spain.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants a new voting system for Britain. Italy, the Nordic states and the US show what rules do to stability and fairness.
The Resolution Foundation wants England to swap council tax and stamp duty for a single 0.7% levy on home values. A mansion tax is already on the way, and other countries show how differently homes can be taxed.
A federal judge ordered the White House on 24 September to restore press passes for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Days earlier, the ban left Trump speaking at his own event with no microphone to carry his words.
Germany cut fuel tax before a vote and lost. Trump promises $5,000. What pre-election handouts cost, and whether they win votes.
California orders frontier AI firms to build a kill switch and host auditors as AI leaders urge a slowdown and the US and China discuss AI alerts.
The World Bank Group mobilised a record $112 billion in private capital during its 2026 fiscal year. The lender says more of that money now reaches lower-income economies and job-rich sectors.
Understand the challenges young jobseekers face in securing graduate jobs as artificial intelligence transforms the hiring process.
Learn how GenAI users gain clear benefits in productivity and pay according to a new 50,000 person survey from PwC.
The World Wide Web Foundation is closing after 16 years of promoting an open and secure web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has announced.
Does disruptive protest actually work? The public doesn’t like it, but academics believe that it is an important part of driving change.
The first Chief Risk Officers Outlook report provides predictions for potential risks to global business in 2023.
The overall financial value of the world’s 500 biggest brands has remained steady over the last year, despite macro-economic turbulence
The Cold War didn’t end. It just paused for a few years while Russia looked around for a new set of ideological clothes. The fact is that the Russians have never been particularly friendly towards Western Europe. And the current warm Sino-Russian relationship is an...
