MoneyHow Britain’s wealthiest savers are preparing for a Labour governmentJune 22, 202438In 2021, Ms Reeves said that she would evaluate all tax reliefs and exemptions if Labour came to power.She once...
MortgagesGordon Brown-backed stealth tax could push up mortgage payments by £170June 15, 202444Gordon Brown’s proposal to launch a stealth tax raid on banks would add hundreds of pounds to the cost of...
Banking‘Tax rises inevitable’ because of Bank of England money-printing costsJune 10, 202417This is a problem for the Government because successive chancellors, from Alastair Darling to Rishi Sunak, promised to cover any...
EconomyMass migration and quantitative easing are impoverishing BritainJune 9, 202421Growth in living standards – as any South American junta could tell you – comes one of two ways: real...
EconomyThere’s a crushing consensus that Britain’s economic stagnation is now inevitableJune 1, 202427If Britain gets lucky, it will achieve around 2pc growth – better than nothing, but still woeful compared to what’s...
EconomySix ways Britain can fix its looming retirement crisisMarch 31, 202463First, tackling the problem at source. It is often assumed that you cannot fight demographics, but this is not always...
FinanceMacron loses his touch as the ‘Mozart of finance’ as France’s deficit balloonsMarch 30, 202457Not only is the government overspending, debt levels in Europe’s third-largest economy are now only dwarfed by Greece and Italy...
EconomyLabour is plotting a devastating economic blow – and its pensions raid is just the startFebruary 10, 202460For a party that is 20 points ahead in the polls. Labour attracts extraordinarily little scrutiny. The general opinion is...
EconomyBig State Toryism leaves no room for tax cutsFebruary 3, 202433Governments like to act as if high spending is something they’ve inherited, something that’s happened to them, rather than a...
MoneyBritain’s money is running out. Keir Starmer will have one year to fix itDecember 23, 2023103Assume that the opinion polls are right. Suppose that, at some point in 2024, Sir Keir Starmer wins a three-figure...