A leading economics group in London said yesterday that the effects of the rest of the EU — including Ireland — “could be significant” if Britain were to vote to leave the EU.

An 11-year-old’s plan to solve one of the key questions at the centre of the European crisis — how to get countries to leave the euro — features unhappy Greeks and pizza.

Worries over the fragile recovery among UK manufacturers intensified today after growth slowed to a nine-month low in August.

The British manufacturing sector’s fastest annual growth in more than 15 years failed to soothe fears of a looming slowdown toda