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Rachel Reeves is crushing the economy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves took office on a pro-growth platform, promising to make Britain the leading economy in the G7. She would turbo-charge...

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Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves may regret goading President Trump

It is a ‘folly’ with ‘no clear exit plan’. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves certainly made little secret of her views on President Trump’s...

15.04.2026 10

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The US currency is under attack like never before

It was, on the surface, a fairly routine proposal. Officials from the BRICS nations, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have...

09.04.2026 10

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We’re stuck at the worst possible oil price

A ceasefire has been agreed with Iran. The Straits of Hormuz will reopen. And the oil market will get back to normal very quickly. By Wednesday...

09.04.2026 9

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Is Bitcoin a British invention?

Sir Issac Newton, Alexander Flemming and James Watt may all have to move aside to make way for another name in the pantheon of Great British...

08.04.2026 10

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The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump

Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of “solutions” to the global oil crisis triggered by his war with...

01.04.2026 10

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Matthew Lynn

The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump

Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of ‘solutions’ to the global oil crisis triggered by his war with...

30.03.2026 10

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Matthew Lynn

Donald Trump can’t simply talk down the price of oil

When the war against Iran started, President Trump could have justifiably felt confident that the price of oil could be controlled from the White...

26.03.2026 20

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Matthew Lynn

Donald Trump can’t simply talk down the price of oil

When the war against Iran started, President Trump could have justifiably felt confident that the price of oil could be controlled from the White...

24.03.2026 10

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Matthew Lynn

The Greens’ Zack-onomics doesn’t add up

Tax the billionaires, nationalise the utilities and abolish the Office for Budget Responsibility. Green party leader Zack Polanski has set out his...

18.03.2026 20

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Matthew Lynn

The welcome demise of NCP

It will probably come as a surprise to anyone who has paid £10 per hour or more for one of its car parks, been stung by one of its ‘overstay...

17.03.2026 10

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Matthew Lynn

Duff note / Replacing Churchill with wildlife on our banknotes is a mistake

The Bank of England has announced that pictures of wildlife will replace famous faces on our banknotes. A cute kitten, perhaps? Or a puppy doing some...

11.03.2026 10

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Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement was a wasted opportunity

In some parallel universe, a British Chancellor of the Exchequer today delivered a barnstorming Spring Statement designed to fix the energy crisis...

03.03.2026 40

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Is it time for Rachel Reeves to give Britain a tax cut?

The self-employed have paid up. And investors are paying record amounts of capital gains tax. The public finance figures for January have been...

20.02.2026 150

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Bring on Rachel Reeves’s boring Spring statement

For the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to tell everyone in advance that her Spring statement will be ‘boring’ is a little like Nigel Farage telling us...

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Rejoining the EU single market won't boost Britain's growth

In his speech in Munich on Saturday, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, made it very clear that he was planning to rejoin the European Union’s...

16.02.2026 10

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Matthew Lynn

Net zero is forcing BP into irrelevance

10.02.2026 10

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Musk’s SpaceX is worth every penny

05.02.2026 10

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Don’t give up on gold just yet

03.02.2026 30

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Is time up for Tesla?

29.01.2026 10

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