It seems to be happening more and more these days. Yet again Britain has been caught in a state of appalling unpreparedness for the latest economic shock to come rolling in from the high seas.

The UK’s shaky bond market is at the heart of investor worries that the war in Iran is about to unleash faster inflation and strain government finances.

IT feels like only yesterday that President Trump was purring with pleasure in Windsor Castle – cutting the UK special trade deals, calling our PM a “great gentleman” and cheerfully cutting the ...

Most worrying is government complacency as war in the Gulf, which has exposed the frailty of the nation's defences, blows up its economic and fiscal strategy.

Iran-US war latest: Iran says Strait of Hormuz open to all but ‘enemy-linked ships’ after Trump’s threat - In a Truth Social post, Trump said the US would start targeting Iran’s largest power plant fi ...