Canada’s Opposition leader is launching his trip to the U.S. with a stop in Detroit to talk about the automotive industry and cross-border trade, per a press release.

The government’s hopes that 2026 was the year when growth would pick up are at risk of being scuppered.

Ed Miliband says the competition watchdog is primed to intervene if firms use the oil price shock to “rip off” customers.

Washington says a 30-day waiver is only for sanctioned Russian oil already loaded on vessels at sea.

Analysts had been expecting 0.2% growth for the UK economy at the beginning of the year.