Kate Andrews

GDP grows by 0.2% as the economy continues to stagnate

14 June 2023 7:16 pm

The economy grew by 0.2 per cent in April, following on from a confirmed 0.3 per cent contraction in March. This fits…

Will the tax burden finally start falling?

9 June 2023 11:23 pm

Is the government ready to start cutting taxes? After taking the burden to a post-war high, it seems ministers are…

Britain faces plenty of economic pain – even if it dodges a recession

8 June 2023 12:19 am

The UK will narrowly avoid a formal recession this year. That’s the consensus that is emerging based on the current…

Red Rishi: the Prime Minister’s political makeover

3 June 2023 9:00 am

The Tories are trying on Labour’s clothes

Net migration hits record high – but is significantly lower than expected

25 May 2023 8:39 pm

It’s three years since the UK formally left the European Union and cut off free movement, and net migration has…

Sunak should stop pretending that he controls inflation

25 May 2023 4:16 am

The government is delighted with today’s inflation update. Rishi Sunak released a clip this afternoon, talking about his government’s efforts…

Inflation falls to 8.7% – but pressures remain

24 May 2023 7:01 pm

Since the start of the year, politicians and central bankers have been promising a collapse in the inflation rate. But…

Are things beginning to look up for the UK economy?

23 May 2023 10:24 pm

We learned this morning just how much the government is struggling to keep its promise to bring down the national debt. But…

Letter from Taiwan

20 May 2023 9:00 am

Shrinking GDP shows how stagnant the economy has become

12 May 2023 6:54 pm

The UK economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in March, as ongoing strike action continued to take its toll. But the fall…

Why interest rates continue to rise

11 May 2023 11:23 pm

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates again, taking the base rate from 4.25 per cent to 4.5 per…

Another rate rise from the Fed. Is it enough?

4 May 2023 6:12 am

Will the Bank of England raise interest rates again? We’ll know for sure next Thursday, when we get the Monetary Policy…

Stubborn inflation rates spell trouble for Rishi Sunak

19 April 2023 7:06 pm

The rate of inflation has come down, barely. This morning’s update from the Office for National Statistics shows inflation fell to 10.1…

What will happen to interest rates once they peak?

18 April 2023 3:43 am

As the battle of the economic forecasts rages on, it’s useful to note that (right now, anyway), the predictions aren’t…

What junior doctors really earn

15 April 2023 9:00 am

Do junior doctors really get such a poor deal?

Biden needs Trump

12 April 2023 3:32 am

As Joe Biden tours Northern Ireland this week to mark the 25-year anniversary of the ​​Good Friday Agreement, the big…

For once, there’s a battle of ideas happening in the Tory party

1 April 2023 10:42 pm

Yesterday’s announcement that the UK has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership brought with it a unique sense of…

Joining CPTPP shows Britain is finally seizing the benefits of Brexit

30 March 2023 10:34 pm

Even the most ardent Brexiteers would likely admit that the UK has been slow to embrace one of the biggest…

Can the Bank of England escape the blame for the inflation spike?

29 March 2023 12:00 am

Who, or what, is responsible for the UK’s sky-high inflation rate? Not me, says the Bank of England’s governor. Andrew…

Will the interest rate hike be enough to tame inflation?

24 March 2023 12:22 am

There was no easy option for the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) this week. Raising interest rates, even…

Why is inflation going back up?

22 March 2023 8:09 pm

For the past few months, the debate over inflation in Britain has centred around just how fast the rate might…

Has government borrowing really been brought under control?

21 March 2023 10:08 pm

To what extent have the public finances really been brought under control? This morning’s update from the Office for National…

Is the banking system on the brink?

20 March 2023 9:13 am

Has a full-scale banking crisis been avoided? UBS has just swooped to take over its rival Credit Suisse, paying for…

Crash test: the new era of economic uncertainty

18 March 2023 9:00 am

We are in a new era of economic uncertainty

Welcome to Big State Toryism

18 March 2023 12:01 am

A million pounds is very small change in the context of wider government spending – especially compared to the £20…