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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)...
Play Video It’s a funny old world when the pleas of pensioners, farmers and shopkeepers fall on deaf ears but a Labour chancellor...
In the words of the Lord Mayor of London, “the only way you get growth is via risk.” Alastair King made this observation early in November last...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Isabel Infantes/PA Wire After all the excitement of a ministerial resignation, it’s time to check in on the...
A short-lived ministerial career Yesterday, I asked whether Tulip Siddiq would still be the City minister by the end of the day, and just as the sun...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson (Photo by Richard Pohle – WPA Pool/Getty Images) A long time ago I got...
Mark Zuckerberg outside Meta HQ (Source: MZ FB) Will Mark Zuckerberg’s drastic policy changes tempt me back to Facebook? Nope. I quit the platform...
(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) From a news perspective, the Christmas break was more Deck the Halls than Silent Night. Keir Starmer ended last...
Yang Tengbo insists that he is not a spy and that he would “never do anything to harm the interests of the UK.” He was speaking yesterday after...
Labour’s policy changes have already had a clear negative impact on the economy Missions, milestones, foundations and pledges; Keir Starmer has...
Raise a glass to a Deputy PM on a mission to build Since Christmas is a time for hope, it’s worth appreciating the good news when we see it. The...
Tuesday December 3, 2024. PA Photo. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire There are plenty of reasons to be cheerful at this time of year, but the state of the...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer giving a speech shortly after taking office (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) It doesn’t take a huge stretch of the...
Storms are coming. Jeff Moore/PA Wire Temperatures are set to fall again as a mid-week cold snap muscles in, bringing icy winds to accompany the...
Any growth over there? Well, that didn’t last long. Barely 48 hours after the Chancellor told the CBI conference that the tax-hiking Budget was...
The FCA needs to restore trust What unites firebrand socialist MPs and stalwarts of the Tory establishment? The answer – somewhat unbelievably –...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference at the QEII Centre, London. Picture date:...
The British car maker has taken new cars off sale to the general public for more than a year as it reinvents itself to launch three new electric...
Farmers protest in central London over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget. PA Photo. Photo credit: Gareth Fuller/PA...
President Biden infuriated China by calling Jinping a “dictator” The Prime Minister has been mingling with world leaders in Brazil, and while his...
Labour’s first few months in power have caused huge concern among employers The weekend’s papers groaned under the weight of business leaders’...
WFH, or join the commute? Given the City of London is a major destination for commuters (especially those working in professional services) the...
At last month’s Investment Summit in the City, Keir Starmer set out an admirably clear view of how he wants this country’s regulatory bodies to...
The government’s first Budget heaps hundreds of millions of additional costs on business No politician could actually get away with telling...
A huge majority of Americans felt the economy wasn’t working – and they wanted change In the end, the race for the White House was not determined...
The Budget has hammered hospitality and retail with massive cost increases As Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget one week ago, the loudest cheer...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, which this year hasn’t endorsed a presidential candidate The US election has given rise to a...
Kemi Badenoch is congratulated by her husband Hamish after she was announced as the new Conservative Party leader (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire) One...