John O'Connell

GDP per capita is the fairest way to decide pay rises for MPs

28 January 2026 12:06 am

Hiking MPs’ pay is very much in vogue among certain sections of the SW1 chattering classes. The argument runs like…

Please, Rachel Reeves, define ‘austerity’

29 October 2024 8:21 pm

What is a working person? This is the question Keir Starmer and other members of his Cabinet struggled to answer…