Debt
Blow to Macron as French credit rating downgraded
Business
France has been downgraded by S&P Global in a blow to Emmanuel Macron’s fiscal credibility. The credit rating agency lowered France’s long-term ...
I shop in my sleep because of a rare disorder
Health
A mother-of-three with rare sleep disorder has been scammed after filling in her bank details on a dodgy site while online shopping ...
Business faces £42bn debt crisis after end of ultra-low rates
Business
It came as economists at Europe’s second-largest bank, BNP Paribas, warned that inflation will be higher and “bumpier” in the years to ...
Europe left worried by US plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine – POLITICO
World
While the signals are now strong that Europe will agree to the U.S.-led proposal to leverage the future profits of the assets ...
Macron warns Europe ‘can die’ in alarmist speech on protectionism, geopolitical threats – POLITICO
World
“Europe is mortal, it can die. It only depends on our choices,” he said in a highly-anticipated speech that echoed a landmark discourse he ...
Thames Water bondholder warns creditor losses will deter investment in UK
Business
Nationalising Thames Water and forcing losses on creditors will deter investment in UK infrastructure, a key bondholder has warned. A senior fund ...
How Lidl’s breakneck expansion came to a juddering halt
Business
They also show that Lidl’s debt pile has ballooned from just under £1.7bn in 2020 to £3.1bn at the last count. Barclays analysts ...
Crunch meeting at Thames Water amid scramble for £750m
Business
If the company is put into special administration, it is estimated that as much as £5bn of financial support would be needed to ...
Soaring interest rates are the real reason Britain has a debt problem
Business
Debt interest being such a large factor as it is now is far from being a new phenomenon. During the Napoleonic Wars, ...
Moral arguments over the state pension are irrelevant. There is no money
Business
The state pension age is going to have to rise sharply, in Britain as elsewhere. It is simply not sustainable to carry ...