The United Kingdom starts 2025 in something of a financial mess.
Inflation and interest rates remain stubbornly high, and the Labour government, which swept to power in a landslide victory in July of last year, has seen support tumble after its first budget contained tax hikes and spending cuts.
But can UK plc trade its way out of trouble? And what might new relationships, with the US, the EU and China really look like?
On this edition of The Agenda, Juliet Mann is joined by Allie Renison, Associate Director at SEC Newgate and former Policy Advisor to the UK Trade Secretary, Dr. Gerard Lyons, Economist and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies and Alan Winters, Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex and Founding Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory to find out.
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