4 d. ago EU youth mobility scheme could save Britain from harm of Trump tariffs, Sadiq Khan says

‘If others want to rush to put up trade barriers, London will always be in favour of tearing them down’, the London Mayor wrote in The Independent

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4 d. ago Why your pension could be dealt a body blow as Trump eyes tariffs for Britain's top drug firms

If the tariff-loving Trump goes ahead with his plans, it will hit AstraZeneca - the most valuable company on the UK stock market - and also rival GSK, another stalwart of the FTSE 100.

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5 d. ago Scramble underway to stop Trump tariffs hitting Britain’s pharmaceutical industry

Donald Trump has warned tariffs on pharmaceuticals would come ‘in the not too distant future’

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8 d. ago Brits warned of looming pain as UK now among WORST hit by Trump's tariffs after he shelved punitive levies and handed China exemptions for iPhones

Downing Street signalled relief when the US president's 'Liberation Day' assault was originally mounted.

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8 d. ago Britain is now among the WORST hit by Trump's tariffs after president shelved punitive levies and handed China exemptions to dodge iPhone price hikes

Downing Street signalled relief when the US president's 'Liberation Day' assault was originally mounted.

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1 week ago UK households issued 'act now' warning over £1.40 supermarket staple

US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could lead to massive price hikes in Britain - with shoppers expecting household items to increase in supermarkets

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1 week ago Meet the billionaire with close royal ties behind Trump's tariffs: How Scott Bessent made his name by almost bankrupting British homeowners but could now be the UK's economic lifeline

He's put the retirement hopes of millions of British savers on hold as the value of their pension funds has shrunk and the world teeters on the brink of recession.

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1 week ago Motorists urged to take note of Highway Code rule that affects pet owners

Motorists who drive with their pets in their car are being told to be aware of this important Highway Code rule, as it's important for both their safety and yours

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1 week ago Trump declares 'war with the world' as his 'explosive' tariffs take effect and send FTSE down 2% amid global stock plunge triggered by 104% rate on China

The FTSE opened down 2 per cent after the President's latest round of tariffs, which have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades and raised fears of recession.

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1 week ago Trump declares 'war with the world' as his 'explosive' tariffs take effect and send global stocks plunging again

Asian shares slipped further today as the latest set of Donald Trump's tariffs took effect including a massive 104 per cent levy on Chinese imports.

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1 week ago By slapping tariffs on Britain, Trump has gifted Starmer with the perfect excuse to ditch Net Zero fiasco, writes MATT RIDLEY

Sir Keir Starmer has woken up to the fact that his policies are killing one of Britain's last successful manufacturing industries, the £90-billion-a-year car industry, on which 800,000 jobs depend.

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1 week ago World's second largest automaker makes dramatic move as it stops all US car imports

The extraordinary move by the brand is the latest and follows big decisions by the maker of Dodge and Ram cars on the back of Trump's car tariffs.

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2 w. ago The five changes under Starmer’s relaxed electric vehicle targets

The ‘bold changes’ come after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on all foreign car imports

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2 w. ago Britain should ‘notch up’ Trump tariff retaliation threats, former ambassador to US says

‘This is a tough world where you've got to brandish those weapons’, Sir Nigel Sheinwald said

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2 w. ago Trump tariffs carnage threatens 'economic nuclear winter' as FTSE and global markets in Black Monday meltdown

Britain was racing to save its car industry from the US import levies

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2 w. ago UK pushes back on Trump’s claim Britain is ‘happy’ with 10% tariff

Country seeks improved trade deal with US after rate applied to British imports

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2 w. ago People gobsmacked to discover 'hidden function' of sun visors in their cars

Sun visors are one of the most important parts of a car, and most of us would be completely lost without them. But there's a little trick you may never have known about

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2 w. ago Trump claims Starmer is ‘very happy’ about tariffs imposed on Britain

UK foreign secretary regrets ‘return to protectionism’ and says Britons will be concerned about impact on financesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the UK is “very happy” with tariffs imposed on the country as part of his shock upending of global trade, but the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, said he regretted the “return to protectionism”.Wielding a chart in the White House Rose Garden, the US president revealed on Wednesday that the UK would be hit with 10% so-called “reciprocal” tariffs as part of a sweeping drive on all countries. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump insists Starmer ‘very happy’ with tariffs as UK prepares for retaliation

Treasury minister says UK disappointed with decision to impose tariffs when asked if Trump was right to say Britain is pleased with its treatment

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2 w. ago The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will probably be gone in four years | Simon Jenkins

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no senseThe tirade was astonishing. On Wednesday afternoon the world watched as the leader of its most powerful nation accused friends and foes alike of having “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered”, and simultaneously waved a bogus list of tariff imbalances. The playground paranoia was cringeworthy. What on earth was going on?The answer can only be that Donald Trump is America’s elected president for the next four years. He says he wants to end the military conflicts the US has fought or sponsored round the globe for a quarter of a century. We are waiting for that. Meanwhile, he is waging an economic war on world trade, a response that his biographer and ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz, blames on his childhood: “a life spent feeling like a victim any time he does not totally dominate he feels ripped off”. Continue reading...

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