How high will energy prices go?
When dozens of energy companies started going bust in 2021, the government knew it had a crisis on its hands.…
Could inflation hit 18.6 per cent?
When last month’s headline inflation figure was released, showing a rise to 10.1 per cent on the year, a little…
Inflation hits double digits. Is it out of control?
Long gone are the days when politicians and experts dared to claim inflation was simply ‘transitory’. Now it’s hang-on-to-your-hats as…
UK wages drop in the sharpest fall on record
Over the past six months, Britain’s unemployment figures have arguably been the economy’s saving grace. While the labour market has…
Kansas's abortion vote could prove decisive for the US midterms
In 2020, 56.2 per cent of Kansas voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump – 15 percentage points in his…
Why Liz Truss u-turned over public sector pay
That was quick. Less than 15 hours after pledging a robust reform of public sector pay, Liz Truss has performed…
The real difference between Sunak and Truss's tax policies
The Tory leadership race is becoming a test of patience. Today Rishi Sunak has laid out his plan to slash…
Trussonomics doesn’t add up
I’ve been lucky enough in my working life so far to hold a string of jobs that have allowed me…
Did Rishi Sunak's interview gamble pay off?
Rishi Sunak took a major risk tonight, agreeing to a one-on-one interview with Andrew Neil on Channel 4 News. As…
Why is Liz Truss's campaign painting her as a victim?
I suspect Rishi Sunak will watch back last night’s BBC Tory leadership debate with some regret. His frequent interruptions of Liz…
Do Truss and Sunak's spending pledges add up?
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have only a few weeks to make their case before postal voting begins on 1…
The economic battle between Sunak and Truss
The Tory grassroots have got themselves a real economic debate this summer: Rishi Sunak’s ‘Thatcherite’ economic philosophy vs Liz Truss’s…
Is Sunak really a big state believer?
There’s something strange happening in Tory politics. It’s not surprising to see leadership candidates taking special aim at the current…
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Rishi Sunak will be missed as Chancellor
We will never know the counterfactuals of the past few years. What if another MP had been made Chancellor when…
Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?
Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?
Putin’s billions: have sanctions backfired?
Is the Kremlin winning the sanctions war?
The Tories are picking inflation winners and losers
Inflation rose to 9.1 per cent on the year in May, taking the UK’s consumer price index to a 40-year-high.…
Is Britain getting back to work?
The economic lesson of the week is that headlines are often deceiving. Yesterday’s GDP update for the month of April…
Boris can’t wish the tax burden away
After an uncomfortably close confidence vote for the Prime Minister on Monday, Boris Johnson’s premiership still hobbles along. But for…
‘Famine is part of Russia’s strategy’: Zelensky’s economic adviser on Putin’s tactics
President Zelensky’s economic adviser on the reality of Putin’s tactics
What the Sue Gray report tells us about the ‘party elite’
Britain’s ‘party elite’ – perhaps better-termed ‘Covid elite’ – were hiding in plain sight throughout the pandemic. Even before the…
Mervyn King: Needless money-printing fuelled inflation
Some £500 billion was printed by the Bank of England during the pandemic – a staggering sum that caused very…
Unemployment is low – so why aren’t wages improving?
For the first time ever, the number of UK job vacancies – now almost 1.3 million – has overtaken the…
Andrew Bailey's inflation excuses have been exposed
This afternoon the Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey appeared, as he has done many times before, in front of…
