Perceptions of a high-tax UK are wide of the mark. Steve Travelguide/ShutterstockHeadlines about tax in the UK being at an all-time high abounded after the autumn budget. The current overall tax take, at 35% of GDP, is indeed a historic high for the country. And the measures announced in the budget will take it to 38% by the end of the parliament.

The dominant global financial position of the US and its currency, the dollar, is wobbling under the second Trump administration. AURA88 / ShutterstockThe US has long sat at the centre of the global financial system, with the US dollar serving as the backbone of the world economy. Private investors rely on the dollar as a store of value in times of uncertainty.

Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) GDP grew modestly in Q3, rising by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), from a downward revised 0.4 percent increase in Q2, provisional data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) revealed on Friday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose government has repeatedly been accused of compromising the rule of law, has mounted a defence of his government’s record on justice reform, arguing that the system that is becoming faster, fairer and more credible.