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Global Economic Shifts and Their Impact on the UK Economy

The UK economy has never operated in isolation — but the degree to which global forces are now driving domestic outcomes has reached a new intensity. From supply chain shocks and geopolitical realignments to the uneven unravelling of decades-long globalisation, the international economic landscape is being redrawn. And the UK, with its open economy, global financial centre, and post-Brexit reorientation, sits at a particularly consequential intersection of these shifts.