EconomyMore middle-aged women in work will boost the economyMarch 10, 2024114As well as strengthening workers’ rights, Ms Dodds believes that improving childcare will be key to getting more women into...
FinanceUK finance minister dampens down hopes of tax cuts as election loomsMarch 3, 2024106LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Sunday talked down the likelihood of tax cuts in this week's budget, pledging...
EconomyLabour is plotting a devastating economic blow – and its pensions raid is just the startFebruary 10, 202485For a party that is 20 points ahead in the polls. Labour attracts extraordinarily little scrutiny. The general opinion is...
EconomyDebt annihilation is approaching – and neither party is minded to stop itFebruary 3, 202455We’ll match or even better the Tories on fiscal discipline, Labour’s high command repeatedly pledges, which is easy enough to...
MortgagesWhy Labour’s 25-year mortgages don’t add upJanuary 15, 202446Unintended consequencesThis would allow more first time buyers on to the property ladder, but potentially with a knock on effect.Mr...
MortgagesLabour proposes longer-term fixed rate mortgages…January 15, 202457The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor...
Money£1bn of taxpayer money set aside for Post Office scandal compensationJanuary 11, 202486Downing Street said it “fully intends” to make Fujitsu pay for the Post Office scandal if the firm is found...
EconomyLondon mayor Sadiq Khan says Brexit cost UK over US$178 billion so far: ‘obvious it isn’t working’January 11, 202439Britain’s departure from the European Union has reduced the size of its economy by 6 per cent so far –...
EconomyLabour’s Jonathan Ashworth claims UK has had ‘no serious economic plan for 14 years’ | National NewsJanuary 5, 2024126Labour's Jonathan Ashworth has claimed the country has “had no serious economic plan for 14 years”.Speaking to GB News, Mr...
EconomyHere are my predictions for 2024 – it will be an unusually uncertain yearDecember 31, 2023175This should permit significant cuts in interest rates before too long. Again, the US should lead the way with the...