Britain’s banks should take part in Macron’s grand restructuring of European finance
Combining the expertise and the networks of the two banks might well create a genuine global competitor to the American...
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The radical new Dutch government is the canary in the EU coal mine
Electric car subsidies will be scrapped, while heat pumps will no longer be mandatory. “Red diesel” will be brought back...
Labour will wreck the economy by living in the past
They are the kind of reforms that generate plenty of support on social media, and will please the party’s mainly...
Milei is already proving the Left-wing economic establishment wrong
Last week, Milei announced that the country had recorded its first quarterly budget surplus since 2008, a modest 0.2pc of GDP, but...
Britain must brace itself for a wave of nationalisation
It will be the biggest extension of state ownership in the UK for more than 50 years. We can all...
Even Remainers cannot deny this benefit of Brexit
It was hailed by its cheerleaders as the moment when the EU transformed itself into a genuine fiscal union, issuing...
The weakened West stands no chance against resurgent Russia
A new form of debt is not going to fix that. There are two big problems. First, a new Cold...
It’s taken just five years for Ursula Von Der Leyen to destroy Europe’s economy
She steered the continent through the pandemic. She has massively increased the powers of the European Commission. And she has...
This British industry is in rude health – let’s hope the NHS doesn’t crush it
And yet, what it really shows is that there are still lots of conditions that can be treated with novel...
The Bank of England is about to put the final nail in the Tory coffin
In response, City analysts are forecasting that interest rates will start coming down at least by March, and have already...
