5 articles
• via BBC News
Brewdog's administration wiped out small investors' £75m stakes and shed 484 jobs despite a £33m asset sale. This collapse reveals how UK economic pressures turn challenger brands into standard failures.
• via BBC News
195,000 under-35s emigrated in a year, handing trained talent to Japan, Dubai, and Bali gratis. High costs, taxes, and cultural resentment drive the exodus amid government growth claims.
• via The Herald
Fifty years after mine closures, Scotland's industrial heartlands show entrenched disadvantage in jobs and childhood outcomes. Governments across decades failed to regenerate, widening UK mobility gaps.
• via The Telegraph
Labour's budget proposals redirect billions from workers' pockets to welfare expansions, perpetuating cross-party fiscal policies that stifle growth and drive emigration. This reveals systemic incentives favoring dependency over productivity.
• via Sky News
The IMF forecasts Britain will have the second-strongest economic growth in the G7 this year. But it also predicts Britain will have the highest inflation and the weakest per-capita growth next year. This is not a contradiction. This is a symptom of deeper institutional problems.