Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, said she was happy to be supporting collaboration with the UK, in a recorded video played at the summit. She said Italy’s approach with Albania to process claims offshore was initially criticised, but governments should not be afraid to imagine and build innovative solutions. She said the model had…
US tariffs could wipe out the chancellor’s £9.9 billion fiscal buffer, according to the independent budget forecaster. Richard Hughes, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, said that if the US chose to impose 20 per cent in tariffs on trade partners around the world and the UK retaliated it would reduce UK economic…
Patrick Poon is a board member and consultant of the Tokyo-based Asian Lawyers Network and a member of Lady Liberty Hong Kong. Several friends of mine in Hong Kong will face long-overdue trials this year. One of these is Chow Hang-tung, a barrister and a vice chairperson of the disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support…