The Guardian: Amazon halved UK corporation tax bill to £4.5m last year

Production in industry March 2026 (in real terms, provisional): -0.7% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -2.8% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) February 2026 (in real terms, revised): -0.5% […]

German economists are a bit slow, but the have come to the conclusion that was obvious for the past half year. And where their optimistic prognosis for 2025 and 2026 came from is not clear. […]

This is something the German government does often at the EU. It is called Regulatory Capture. It shows how confident the German government is that its interests will be followed unquestioned by an obedient EU. […]