UK unveils space strategy to 2035 with more than £7.8bn in funding

The UK government has published a national space strategy for 2027–2035 and an interdepartmental spending plan of more than £7.8 billion through 2030. The document focuses on defence, national security and economic growth. The strategy, released on 8 September, replaces the 2021 National Space Strategy and for the first time...

EU risks losing around 300,000 industrial jobs by the end of 2026

The European Union could lose about 300,000 jobs in manufacturing by the end of the year because of intensifying competition from China. That warning came from Eurometal, a leading European steel and metals trade association. According to the group, job cuts will accelerate unless Brussels stops the “colonisation” of European...