ALEX BRUMMER: If Donald Trump refuses to relent on his tariffs, we face a stock market cataclysm, global recession and a new inflationary spiral

ALEX BRUMMER: If Donald Trump refuses to relent on his tariffs, we face a stock market cataclysm, global recession and a new inflationary spiral

Donald Trump avoided introducing his latest raft of tariffs today, on April 1, for fear he would be ridiculed for bringing in such radical measures on April Fool's Day, writes ALEX BRUMMER

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Murder, rape and assault: The sentences behind Scotland's prison population

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Netflix's Adolescence to be rolled out in schools across Scotland

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