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WHATEVER the result of Greece’s election this month the country will be expected to comply with the mass privatisations, pay and pension cuts imposed by the most recent bailout “deal,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday.
Ms Merkel said she also saw “no possibility” that interest rates on loans to Greece — to allow it to repay its creditors — could be reduced.
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras has called a new election for September 20, saying he needs a stronger mandate to impose the crippling austerity measures he was initially elected to stop.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down
Starmer struggles to save leadership amid polling calamity