UK borrows more than expected in blow to Hunt’s pre-election tax cut hopes
But the sustained level of high borrowing means the next government will face financial pressure to reverse any tax cuts...
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Britain is about to suffer a massive collision with reality
I wrote on Saturday about the political paralysis that surrounds any serious attempt to tackle the UK’s multiple economic weaknesses,...
How Britain’s inflation crisis exposed the Bank of England
Services costs are rising rapidly everywhere you look: care home fees are up by one-tenth. Cinema tickets have risen almost...
Britain is mortgaging its future to prop up the present
As you might guess, there is no silver bullet, no one-size-fits-all approach to economic transformation. But there are perhaps two...
The sickly seaside town that turned its back on work
Baroness Grey-Thompson also believes society has written off many disabled people unfairly. She believes many want to, and can, work.Ableism...
Scrap the OBR, end the Bank’s independence, and free Britain to thrive
The origins of the Bank’s “independence” are, in fact, political, not economic. This “independence” was granted in 1997; done in...
Four million at risk of abandoning work permanently as benefits surge
Rishi Sunak has said he wants to slash the benefits bill to fund his plans to abolish national insurance for...
Vacancies fall at fastest pace for three years
Thanks for joining us. A hiring slowdown led to the fastest drop in the number of job vacancies in Britain...
Soaring interest rates are the real reason Britain has a debt problem
Debt interest being such a large factor as it is now is far from being a new phenomenon. During the...
Inside the revolution at ‘incompetent’ Heathrow as Britain battles decline
At the time, Khan was keen to make political hay at the expense of his Conservative predecessor, Boris Johnson. The ruling...
