Burnham must resist the urge to tax banking profits
The cheaper bus fares will have to be paid for. So will the modest cut to electricity bills, along with…
FIFA should be allowed to sell off the World Cup
It will bring in outside investors, open the doors to global money, enrich a handful of inside executives and, perhaps…
The sale of Harvey Nichols is proof of London’s decline
Harvey Nichols used to be one of the most glamorous department stores in the world. But now the business has…
There’s nothing stopping Gary Lineker from paying more tax
There are bus fares to pay for, a rates cut for the pubs, and of course extra shelters for the…
Why aren’t American companies passing on tariff refunds?
Even for an economy as large as the United States, $70 billion still counts as a significant sum of money.…
Andy Burnham’s savings drive is doomed to failure
A pledge to end rough sleeping. A minor reduction to the VAT rate on electricity, and now a £2 cap…
A wealth tax is bound to backfire on Andy Burnham
They might threaten to head for Monaco, the Bahamas, or even Dubai if the missiles stop flying overhead. But in…
Britain can’t afford to lose easyJet
With its garish bright orange livery and the ferocity with which its algorithm squeezes a few extra pounds out of…
Would Andy Burnham scrap the triple lock?
As he prepares his government, prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has made plenty of expensive promises. He wants money for defence, for…
Appointing Miliband as chancellor would be a mistake
There are plenty of solid arguments for Ed Miliband’s outriders to make about why he should be the chancellor when,…
Could Thames Water be Andy Burnham’s first test?
It is still a bit of a mystery to most of us – and possibly to the candidate himself –…
Rachel Reeves should scrap stamp duty
A report published this week from the Housing, Communities and Local Government committee, made up of cross-party MPs, has been…
Rachel Reeves represents Labour’s short-termism at its worst
When Rachel Reeves became Chancellor, she made a lot of promises about improving the long-term prospects of the British economy.…
Scrapping the fuel duty hike would teach Reeves a useful lesson
It has been, to put it politely, a very long wait. But it is possible that Rachel Reeves may have…
Louise Haigh’s economic plan would hasten Britain’s decline
The government is on the brink of collapse, ministers are openly fighting for the succession, and the bond vigilantes are…
A banking windfall tax would be a terrible idea
Most people might think that the ability of Britain’s major banks to come through the turbulence of the last decade…
Reeves’s mansion tax has backfired before it’s even kicked in
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made plenty of bold promises for her planned mansion tax when she announced it last year.…
The US is back in charge of the oil industry
The United States is getting sucked into a conflict in the Middle East, central banks are desperately trying to keep…
‘Back to Petroleum’ has paid off for BP
If the energy giant BP’s change of direction over the last year could be summed up in a single phrase,…
Rachel Reeves is crushing the economy
Chancellor Rachel Reeves took office on a pro-growth platform, promising to make Britain the leading economy in the G7. She…
Rachel Reeves may regret goading President Trump
It is a ‘folly’ with ‘no clear exit plan’. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves certainly made little secret of her views…
We’re stuck at the worst possible oil price
A ceasefire has been agreed with Iran. The Straits of Hormuz will reopen. And the oil market will get back…
Is Bitcoin a British invention?
Sir Issac Newton, Alexander Flemming and James Watt may all have to move aside to make way for another name…
The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump
Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of “solutions” to the global oil…
Donald Trump can’t simply talk down the price of oil
When the war against Iran started, President Trump could have justifiably felt confident that the price of oil could be…
