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Starmer has u-turned on key policies and reversed his position on immigration Later this week, Keir Starmer will celebrate the one year anniversary...
The head of MI5 has warned of the “epic scale” of Chinese espionage against the UK The situation in the Middle East reminds us that these are...
The UK is set to suffer an exodus of millionaires this year All around the world, money is on the move. Millionaire migration might seem like a niche...
Portugal is a fine country with plenty going for it, as an increasing number of Brits seem to be discovering. Just under 50,000 people moved there...
Economists expect Chancellor Rachel Reeves to launch another tax raid The Chancellor had been speaking for about five minutes when it dawned on me...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Pic: Toby Melville/PA Wire Sky’s Sophy Ridge is a thoughtful and...
Though the announcement of the deal was a key diplomatic moment for both sides, exact details of the agreement remain limited. Do you remember where...
Thames Water suffered a major blow after KKR pulled out of investing Water takes the path of least resistance, and so – on this occasion as least...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review. Picture date: Monday...
The North Hyde electrical substation which caught fire. Picture date: Friday March 21, 2025. PA Photo. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Every weekday morning...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference in Westminster, London. Picture date: Tuesday May 27, 2025. PA Photo. Ben Whitley/PA...
Rightly or wrongly, Labour decided that the first signal they should send as a new government was that they wouldn’t duck tough economic decisions....
Our front page story yesterday on Paris surging ahead of London in the rankings of tech sector hotspots got people talking, reigniting an ancient...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks at a reception for UK and EU businesses in Downing Street, London. Picture date: Monday May 19, 2025....
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the end of the UK-EU Summit at...
Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire File photo dated 18/11/24: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, at...
Commuters and people travelling to and from Waterloo Railway Station, via the main entrance. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) We now...
Immigration has shaped UK politics for the past 20 years, often in ways that surprised at the time but which appear in hindsight to make perfect...
Andy Haldane addressed the City AM Awards While the lucky few left Tuesday night’s City AM Awards with a gleaming trophy, the evening’s other...
(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) As the dust settles on the local elections, party leaders will be busy trying to identify the right lessons. For...
If energy secretary Ed Miliband still believes that critics of his dash to Net Zero are peddlers of “nonsense and lies” he has a new name to add...
Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband Rumours persist that Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, could be shunted out of his role when the Prime Minister...
Entrepreneurs know better than anyone just what it takes to get an idea off the ground, and to keep it alive. The common phrases associated with...
Public sector strike action is always tricky territory for Labour politicians to navigate, particularly when the party is in opposition. When strikes...
No laughing matter: Net Zero policy needs cooler heads The two remaining furnaces at the Scunthorpe steel plant, known as Anne and Bess, have blasted...
As the government continues to develop its response to Trump’s tariffs and the changing global economic order, the Prime Minister’s muddled...
Keir Starmer declared yesterday that we’re now living “in a completely new world.” He’s not wrong; Donald Trump has cut to shreds the...
People do strange things when passions are running high. Take the brave protester in Bristol, who last month felt he had to take a stand against the...
There aren’t many decade-old Guardian articles that still resonate with me, but I can recall (and often revisit) a 2014 column by Oliver Burkeman....
It might not have been a Budget, but the Chancellor may well wish that it had been. Constrained by her fiscal rules and her own insistence that...
Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement on Wednesday afternoon. Rachel Reeves has one of the most demanding, high profile and exhausting jobs...
Ahead of last October’s Budget, ministers allowed months of speculation as to what would be unveiled, and the never-ending drumbeat of doom and...
With the weekend approaching, allow me to furnish you with a classic conversation starter for the pub or a dinner party; have you heard that the OBR...
Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Stirring words from the Prime Minister in today’s City AM , with Keir Starmer vowing to unleash the “animal spirits”...
Starmer won’t get very far with that On Monday I used this column to ask who, if anyone, will have the courage to take a chainsaw to the British...
Labour offers some welcome reforms but the plan is nowhere near radical enough if we’re to enjoy good growth in the future Ministers will be deeply...
Play Video You can hear the spin a mile away; as the Chancellor’s team prepares for the Spring Statement the political groundwork is...
You can hear the spin a mile away; as the Chancellor’s team prepares for the Spring Statement the groundwork is being laid. Despite the fact that...
No laughing matter: Net Zero policy needs cool heads How many times have we heard the argument that there is no trade-off between pursuing Net Zero...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer Keir Starmer has won plaudits for his decision to increase defence spending (albeit by less than the amount he’s given...
Play Video Cutting the international aid budget to boost defence spending – sounds like a fair exchange in a time of war and hazard...
(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) With each passing day, the government’s insistence that economic growth is its “number one priority” sounds...
The government defines a high net worth individual as someone with an income of at least £170,000 and net assets of more than £430,000. Such people...
BP seems poised to row back from recent pledges on Net Zero I remember when I first encountered a hard copy FTSE 100 annual report. I was a first...
Play Video If the Chancellor was still on a high from last week’s big growth-focused speech, the Bank of England has just pulled her...
Boxed in: the Chancellor faces tough choices Rachel Reeves has a deep respect for officialdom and institutions and was aghast at the way Liz Truss...
It’s Trump’s world now and the rest of us are just living in it Things happen quickly in Trump’s America. On Saturday, the US President...
Play Video This was the week when Barclays became the latest big employer to tighten up its work from home policies, now requiring...
Successive British politicians have reached for Silicon Valley – or the idea of Silicon Valley – every time they’ve wanted to project a vision...
Growthbusters: Starmer and Reeves have embarked on a contradictory growth agenda In the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act of 2013 (stay with me)...