menu_open Columnists
Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons

The Spectator

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Britain is facing a doomy economic future

yesterday 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Revealed / The dodgy data undermining Universal Credit

Revealed /					 													 						The dodgy data undermining Universal Credit
saturday 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Revealed: the dodgy data undermining Universal Credit

Revealed: the dodgy data undermining Universal Credit
27.06.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is racing towards a fresh cost-of-living crisis

Britain is racing towards a fresh cost-of-living crisis
25.06.2025 2

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is paying for Reeves’s non-dom tax disaster

Britain is paying for Reeves’s non-dom tax disaster
24.06.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why the Bank of England may welcome job losses

Why the Bank of England may welcome job losses
19.06.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why is the ONS saying inflation has gone down?

Why is the ONS saying inflation has gone down?
18.06.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves’s non-dom crackdown has truly backfired

17.06.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The good and bad news about the UK-US trade deal

The good and bad news about the UK-US trade deal
17.06.2025 20

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why the Israel-Iran war could raise your taxes

Why the Israel-Iran war could raise your taxes
15.06.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Paul Johnson: The spending review was ‘incomprehensible’

Paul Johnson: The spending review was ‘incomprehensible’
14.06.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Reeves needs to tell the public that they’re wrong

Reeves needs to tell the public that they’re wrong
13.06.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves’ spending plans are already in doubt

Rachel Reeves’ spending plans are already in doubt
12.06.2025 2

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

OnlyFans is giving HMRC what it wants

12.06.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

NHS the only winner in Reeves’s spending review

11.06.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Labour’s National Insurance hike is starting to bite

10.06.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

What’s new in Reeves’s spending review?

09.06.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The ONS blunders. Again

05.06.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Will Rachel Reeves heed the warnings over the UK’s gloomy economic outlook?

03.06.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Rachel Reeves risks killing off the family business

02.06.2025 20

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Will the economy save the Tories?

30.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Is this the end of Trump’s tariffs? Don’t count on it

29.05.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

IMF: Britain will need to raise taxes if it wants to keep spending

27.05.2025 9

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is not in charge of its energy

20.05.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Is Britain’s strong growth really because of Rachel Reeves?

15.05.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The rich are fleeing – what next?

15.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Reeves’s jobs tax is beginning to bite

13.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Deal / US and China slash tariffs

12.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Has Trump made a deal with China?

12.05.2025 3

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

How scuzzy is your neighbourhood?

11.05.2025 5

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why Britain is cutting interest rates – and the US isn’t

08.05.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

What would a US trade deal mean for the UK?

08.05.2025 9

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Welfare state / Starmer can’t afford a winter fuel U-turn

06.05.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Labour’s benefits cuts aren’t working

27.04.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Are things beginning to look up for Rachel Reeves?

25.04.2025 20

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Can Rachel Reeves woo Trump’s team – without alienating the EU?

24.04.2025 6

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Tax and spend / Britain’s borrowing is spiralling out of control

23.04.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why the IMF has downgraded UK growth

22.04.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britain is not out of the woods on rising inflation just yet

16.04.2025 30

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

The Bank of England’s mission to tame inflation just got harder

15.04.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Why China is hitting back with more tariffs

11.04.2025 2

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Xi escalates China’s trade war with Trump

09.04.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Are Reeves’s fiscal rules really ‘ironclad’?

07.04.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Is Trump stoking a global recession?

06.04.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

This could be the largest US tax rise in half a century

03.04.2025 7

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Trump prepares to take his tariff war global

02.04.2025 9

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Welcome to Terrible Tuesday

01.04.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Can we trust our economic data anymore?

30.03.2025 8

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Britian narrowly escapes recession – again

28.03.2025 10

The Spectator

Michael Simmons

Are tax hikes on the horizon?

27.03.2025 4

The Spectator

Michael Simmons