In a live Q&A on the Markets Today blog, we asked experts from across the newsroom for their analysis of the July 4 UK election. Here is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation.

The winners of Britain's election on Thursday - which looks set ... by any new government since the end of World War Two. The economy has struggled to grow, health and other services are under ...

Ahead of the election, Britons see the state of the UK in relatively bleak terms. No major political party receives a favorable rating from a majority of the British public. Few think the nation’s ...

The OECD has lowered its growth expectations for Britain and the world as doubts are cast over whether the UK’s fiscal rules ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has criticized political rival Nigel Farage, saying the hard-right politician would trash ...

"It's not fair to ask a party three years out from an election to do all the numbers now," Tim Montgomerie said.

Baseline economic forecast ... gaining representation across all 23 councils in the elections. Reform UK claimed the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, seizing the Labour Party's safest constituency ...

UK Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks in January ... With growth proving elusive, the party’s popularity has fallen sharply since its election victory in July. Critics say Treasury chief Reeves ...

These figures underline one of the key challenges facing Labour as it looks towards future elections – how to tackle the ...