EconomyFor good economic news, the Tories have an obvious choiceApril 7, 2024109Alongside manufacturing, the UK’s mighty service sector – accounting for around three-quarters of our GDP – also expanded last month, showing...
EconomyWhy conscription would be an economic disasterApril 5, 202484The economic situation is certainly grim.Just over 850,000 people aged between 16 and 24 are not in education, employment or...
EconomyBasket-case Britain can only look on with envy at Giorgia Meloni’s new ItalyApril 3, 2024150Does this sound familiar? We might not have had so many governments, but here in Britain we’ve had five prime...
EconomyBritain is falling apart, yet Labour offers no answersApril 2, 202458Environmental objections can, however, be just as potent a blockage as any number of Tory Nimbys.Otherwise, it was in vain...
EconomySix ways Britain can fix its looming retirement crisisMarch 31, 2024117First, tackling the problem at source. It is often assumed that you cannot fight demographics, but this is not always...
EconomyThe ‘silent crisis’ writing off British boysMarch 31, 2024106At Balcarras secondary school in Cheltenham, headteacher Dominic Burke felt the only way to tackle what used to be a...
EconomyBritain is in decline. Only tough love can save usMarch 30, 202477The New Yorker magazine, beloved of smug Left-wing sophisticates on both sides of the Atlantic, recently ran a piece on...
FinanceSterling bows to dollar strength after UK GDP data – Business & FinanceMarch 29, 202492LONDON: The pound eased on Thursday after data confirmed the UK economy entered recession in the second half of last...
EconomyPensioners are the hardest hit in zero-growth BritainMarch 29, 2024140Here’s the problem, however. Pensioners are suffering more than any other single group.Analysis by the Resolution Foundation this week found...
EconomyAdult minimum wage should start at 18 instead of 21, says pay-setting groupMarch 27, 2024118The national living wage should be paid to all over-18s instead of starting at 21, the independent body behind the policy...