Sir Keir Starmer is about to discover just how lucky he really is
These extra costs help explain why the tax burden has risen to record peacetime levels even as public services are...
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Barclays boss says calls for bank to abandon oil and gas are unrealistic
Thanks for joining us. We begin the day with data on the pay gap between the middle class and low...
Britain’s paltry savings are in Labour’s crosshairs
It’s one thing to limit the extent of tax relief on pension contributions, but it is quite another for the...
Britain snubs GSK in favour of US pharma giant for RSV vaccine
Britain has snubbed local drugs giant GSK in favour of a US pharma rival to supply vaccines to treat RSV,...
UK’s Young Voters Call for Crypto to Be Moved Up the Political Agenda
According to new data released today ahead of the upcoming General Election, more than a third of young adults in...
Britain is no longer the problem child of Europe – France proves that
Remarkably, on the “Left”, the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) appears to be even more fiscally irresponsible. In fact, what could rattle...
Ghosts of the ’70s haunt Labour’s economic resurrection
The prospect of all that extra QE debt being sold inflamed financial markets, with gilt prices immediately falling, pushing up...
Why lawyerly Keir Starmer may struggle to restore the City’s swagger
Painful new taxes came in under the Conservatives. The bank levy rakes in around £1.5bn per year for the Exchequer....
At least we’ll all be equally miserable under Labour
Without the reliable flexible worker (gas), the factory owner is unable to respond to either volatility of demand or supply...
Britain’s biggest union demands a four-day week
One of Labour’s biggest backers has called on the next government to enshrine the right to a four-day work week...
