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Trump gives the establishment some respite at Davos

Trump gives the establishment some respite at Davos
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Donald Trump has promised the world

Donald Trump has promised the world
21.01.2025 5

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Image problem / Remember the poor souls at Davos

Image problem /					 													 						Remember the poor souls at Davos
20.01.2025 10

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Will Donald Trump pardon TikTok?

Will Donald Trump pardon TikTok?
19.01.2025 4

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Will the IMF regret its backing for Labour’s Budget?

Will the IMF regret its backing for Labour’s Budget?
17.01.2025 5

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The UK economy is in a rut

The UK economy is in a rut
16.01.2025 5

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Falling inflation marks a welcome surprise for Rachel Reeves

Falling inflation marks a welcome surprise for Rachel Reeves
15.01.2025 10

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Rachel Reeves is getting ready for the next market test

Rachel Reeves is getting ready for the next market test
14.01.2025 7

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Can Trump claim the credit for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire?

Can Trump claim the credit for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
14.01.2025 6

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Rachel Reeves is making the same mistake as Liz Truss

Rachel Reeves is making the same mistake as Liz Truss
13.01.2025 3

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Smoking bans: the fallback legacy for failed leaders

Smoking bans: the fallback legacy for failed leaders

What is a legacy? Is it the sum of our actions? Is it the family and friends we leave behind? Is it banning cigarettes? The consensus for exiting...

08.01.2025 6

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Borrowing costs have just passed Liz Truss levels

Borrowing costs have just passed Liz Truss levels

The new year may have rustled up some surprise stand-offs for the Labour government (mainly calls from X founder Elon Musk for Keir Starmer to...

07.01.2025 5

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Elon Musk is just one of Labour’s many headaches

Elon Musk is just one of Labour’s many headaches

It’s not terribly helpful for Keir Starmer that Elon Musk is creating polls on X, asking his 210 million followers if ‘America should liberate...

06.01.2025 2

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It’s not surprising the Bank of England didn’t cut interest rates

Interest rates have been held at 4.75 per cent. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 to maintain the base rate, with the...

19.12.2024 2

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Rising inflation will make Rachel Reeves’s job harder

It was already unlikely the Bank of England (BoE) was going to cut interest rates this week. Having pledged a slow and steady approach to rate...

18.12.2024 9

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Will higher wages lead to more inflation?

Good news for workers: wages are up. According to the latest data, released by the Office for National Statistics this morning, annual pay...

17.12.2024 4

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‘The public sector is the illness’: Javier Milei on his first year in office

Buenos Aires ‘I never wind down,’ says Argentina’s President Javier Milei when we meet in his Presidential Office at the Casa Rosada. ‘I work...

13.12.2024 4

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Can Starmer successfully force the NHS to change?

‘Hear me when I say this – no more money without reform.’ That was the Prime Minister’s message to the NHS only in September, when he promised...

02.12.2024 10

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These growth figures are seriously disappointing for Labour

Forecasts are one thing, results are another. It’s a tough morning for the government, as the Office for National Statistics publishes the first...

15.11.2024 3

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Will Rachel Reeves’ pension shake-up really boost growth?

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her first Mansion House speech in the City of London tonight, one word is set to be emphasised:...

14.11.2024 3

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League tables alone won’t force the NHS to change

When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that over half the new tax rises in her first Budget would go straight into the National Health Service, an...

13.11.2024 50

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Today’s rate cut is good news for Labour

The Bank of England has announced its rate cut of 0.25 percentage points, reducing the base rate from 5 per cent to 4.75 per cent. The decision,...

07.11.2024 4

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US election / Donald Trump is set to win the presidency

In the run-up to the US election, it was expected that the count could take days, possibly a week. Now, it looks like the 2024 election will be...

06.11.2024 5

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The American election question the pollsters couldn’t answer

In retrospect, it’s easy to justify any election outcome. This election won’t be any different. In fact, it will be easier than ever to explain...

06.11.2024 3

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Rachel Reeves’s new gamble

Credit to Rachel Reeves: while some chancellors opt to take part in the Sunday shows ahead of a fiscal event, the Chancellor has decided to do the...

03.11.2024 4

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Living standards take a hit in Labour’s Budget

‘Judge us by whether, in five years’ time, you have more money in your pocket,’ Keir Starmer told the Mirror earlier this week. This comment...

30.10.2024 4

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Labour’s Budget will crush growth

Rachel Reeves didn’t want to surprise anyone with this Budget. She didn’t want to shock the markets, nor did she want any accusation that she...

30.10.2024 40

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Who will the OBR’s £22bn ‘black hole’ review prove right?

Are the details of the alleged £22 billion fiscal black hole about to be revealed? In addition to providing assessments and forecasts for the UK...

28.10.2024 1

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Reeves’s Budget needs to win over the market

Rachel Reeves confirmed on her trip to Washington DC that she will be changing the government’s self-imposed fiscal rules, allowing the Chancellor...

24.10.2024 2

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Trump makes America laugh again

‘Tradition holds that I’m supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening,’ said Donald Trump in his speech at the Al Smith Dinner in...

24.10.2024 2

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The drop in inflation is good news for Rachel Reeves

Inflation slowed to 1.7 per cent in the twelve months to September, taking the inflation rate to its lowest levels since spring 2021. While markets...

16.10.2024 30

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Could Ozempic actually boost Britain’s labour market?

Is Ozempic the miracle fix for Britain’s labour market woes? This morning Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a £280 million investment...

15.10.2024 2

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Will tax hikes overshadow Labour’s Investment Summit?

Despite getting off to a rocky start – including nearly losing £1 billion worth of investment – Labour’s much-anticipated Investment Summit...

14.10.2024 2

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Budget blues / Labour must tread carefully to avoid killing off Britain’s growth

Happy Friday: the economy is growing. After two consecutive months of no growth, GDP picked up in August, rising by 0.2 per cent. Production and...

11.10.2024 3

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The ‘Green Budget’ could leave Rachel Reeves red-faced

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published its yearly Green Budget, weeks ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first fiscal event. It’s...

10.10.2024 3

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Is Labour about to go on a borrowing spree?

At Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon, Rishi Sunak took a technical turn. Why is Rachel Reeves considering changing the fiscal rules, he...

09.10.2024 3

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Number crunching / Is Labour’s first Budget coming unstuck?

During the general election campaign, Labour played a cautious game on tax: the party was careful not to share its bigger plans for getting more...

08.10.2024 9

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Can Kamala Harris rewrite her political past?

Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was largely a love-in. But when you have been actively avoiding...

07.10.2024 2

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Did Kemi Badenoch really call maternity pay ‘excessive’?

Did Kemi Badenoch just say that maternity pay in the UK is ‘excessive’? That’s the claim kicking off the first day of the Tory party conference:...

29.09.2024 4

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Britain is growing. Can Rachel Reeves start spending?

The OECD’s interim Economic Outlook report has landed this morning and its forecast for the UK has been revised significantly upwards. Having...

25.09.2024 4

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Why has Rachel Reeves suddenly become cheery?

Can Rachel Reeves inject some optimism into the debate around Britain’s economy? That seems to be her ambition today, as she prepares to address...

23.09.2024 20

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Britain is spending beyond its means

This morning marks a milestone – but it’s nothing to celebrate. Public sector net debt as a percentage of the economy has exceeded 100 per cent:...

20.09.2024 10

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Economy / Was the Bank of England wrong not to cut interest rates?

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 5 per cent. This was the expected outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee’s latest meeting, which...

19.09.2024 3

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Labour’s economic doom and gloom doesn’t match reality

Inflation rose 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to August, unchanged from the month before, today’s update from the Office for National Statistics...

18.09.2024 3

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The junior doctors’ pay deal won’t stop them striking

After 22 months of on-and-off strikes, junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s offer of a 22.3 per cent pay rise over the next two...

17.09.2024 3

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This report is a damning indictment of the NHS

Lord Darzi had only nine weeks to conduct his investigation into and assessment of the National Health Service. But this truncated timeline does...

12.09.2024 10

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In the doldrums / Britain’s GDP has stagnated – again

There was no economic growth in July, according to the Office for National Statistics. The latest GDP figures show that a boost in services output –...

11.09.2024 4

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Donald Trump was his own worst enemy in this debate

‘So I think you’ve heard tonight two very different visions for our country,’ Vice President Kamala Harris insisted in her closing remarks at...

11.09.2024 3

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