Germany approves €32bn in tax breaks to boost stagnant economy
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Demonisation of landlords is putting middle classes at risk, says building society boss
Bank of England data show renters have a median household income of £24,000, compared with £52,500 for those with a...
‘I took a job at the EU – then the French attacked me for being American’
Speaking on holiday from Edinburgh, Scott-Morton says: “I am disappointed because I was looking forward to it.“I had taken some...
Good riddance to Chinese triumphalism as economic disaster looms
Yet the tables soon turned, and in the event, closing down the economy to fight Covid has proved just as...
A trade deal with India would destroy any case for rejoining the EU
Finally, and perhaps most significantly, are the geopolitical ramifications. A UK-India pact will help steer India towards the Western trading...
China offers homeowners first-time-buyer loans in bid to boost market
China is to give existing homeowners access to first-time-buyer mortgages as President Xi Jinping battles to stimulate the country’s floundering...
Deluded Europe can’t see that it’s finished
More acutely, Europeans will fight over the question of immigration. The experts are very clear in their assessment: given the...
UK diplomat slams illega lJewish settler violence during occupied West Bank visit
The UK’s Deputy Consul General to Jerusalem Alison McEwen visited the occupied West Bank because of increasing illegal Jewish settlements...
OnlyFans’ Ukrainian-born boss Leonid Radvinsky banks £267m from site
Mr Radvinsky, who lives in Florida, almost never gives interviews and his personal website describes him as a “accomplished company...
The Brics currency ignores all the traumatic lessons of the half-baked euro
“I ask myself every night why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar,” says Brazil’s Lula da...
