menu_open Columnists
Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons

The Spectator

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Should Reeves raise income tax?

Should Reeves raise income tax?
previous day 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Introducing: Reality Check

Introducing: Reality Check
23.10.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

3.8% / Steady inflation gives Reeves some reprieve

3.8% /					 													 						Steady inflation gives Reeves some reprieve
22.10.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Debt / Cuts are the only way out of Britain’s doom loop

Debt /					 													 						Cuts are the only way out of Britain’s doom loop
21.10.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Who’s to blame for Britain’s slowing economy?

Who’s to blame for Britain’s slowing economy?
16.10.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

How Rachel Reeves can escape the doom loop

How Rachel Reeves can escape the doom loop
10.10.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

What happened to Reform’s Doge?

What happened to Reform’s Doge?
07.10.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Are the Tories really the party of ‘fiscal prudence’?

Are the Tories really the party of ‘fiscal prudence’?
06.10.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Labour conference / When will Rachel Reeves deliver on her promises?

29.09.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Youth unemployment / Will Labour MPs stand for Rachel Reeves’ benefits crackdown?

29.09.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The problem with removing the child benefit cap

25.09.2025 2

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

What is Andy Burnham talking about?

25.09.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Taxed out / Rachel Reeves only has ugly choices

23.09.2025 2

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves doesn’t get the interest rate cut she was hoping for

18.09.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is in a fresh cost-of-living crisis

17.09.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves: destroyer of jobs

16.09.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Money / The Budget that could make, or break, Starmer’s government

03.09.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

How bad is the UK bond crisis?

02.09.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The coming crash: the markets have had enough

28.08.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Drug bust / Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

25.08.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

22.08.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is being pulled under by debt

21.08.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price

21.08.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain owes America for its ‘free’ healthcare

21.08.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Is inflation here to stay?

20.08.2025 20

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

GDP growth proves the Bank of England’s mistakes

15.08.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves must pull Britain from its doom loop

14.08.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Scotland / Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s real legacy

11.08.2025 40

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?

07.08.2025 30

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Has Rachel Reeves created a £50 billion fiscal black hole?

06.08.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Trade off / Trump’s tariffs are taming China

30.07.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Economics / The US-China trade war is not over yet

29.07.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is broke

22.07.2025 20

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why Reeves should sell her bitcoin hoards

20.07.2025 9

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves’s tax raid is to blame for rising unemployment

17.07.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Broke Britain: how the Bank of England wrecked the economy

17.07.2025 40

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Money / Rising inflation shows how the Bank of England is failing

16.07.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Reeves’s Mansion House delusion

16.07.2025 30

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Tax rises are inevitable

11.07.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Kemi is right. The benefits bill could cripple Britain

10.07.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

BMA / The doctors’ strike is unforgivable

09.07.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is heading for economic catastrophe

08.07.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

How the Home Office created the Boriswave

04.07.2025 9

The Spectator

Michael Simmons