Matthew Lynn

Don’t bet against Nvidia – yet

27 August 2026 11:32 pm

Last night revealed another set of outstanding results from Nvidia. Its quarterly revenues were up by 105 per cent year-on-year,…

Andy Burnham has discovered the cost of nationalisation

25 August 2026 8:28 pm

The buses would run on time. The trains would be cheaper. And perhaps most of all, the water companies would…

Will Britain back down on the digital services tax?

18 August 2026 9:49 pm

The Trump White House has been complaining about Britain’s digital services tax for months. But now it is ramping up…

Can Mike Ashley save Harvey Nichols?

14 August 2026 10:30 pm

It would be easy to make fun of the takeover of Harvey Nichols by the Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley,…

A Burnham wealth tax looks inevitable

11 August 2026 12:02 am

In the run-up to his elevation to prime minister, it would be safe to say that Andy Burnham did not…

Burnham must resist the urge to tax banking profits

30 July 2026 9:31 pm

The cheaper bus fares will have to be paid for. So will the modest cut to electricity bills, along with…

soccer

FIFA should be allowed to sell off the World Cup

30 July 2026 1:50 am

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

28 July 2026 9:11 pm

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

24 July 2026 1:32 am

There are bus fares to pay for, a rates cut for the pubs, and of course extra shelters for the…

Tariffs

Why aren’t American companies passing on tariff refunds?

23 July 2026 1:23 am

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

22 July 2026 7:57 pm

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

17 July 2026 11:28 pm

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

25 June 2026 10:45 pm

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?

25 June 2026 1:35 am

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

22 June 2026 9:36 pm

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?

16 June 2026 10:35 pm

It is still a bit of a mystery to most of us – and possibly to the candidate himself –…

Rachel Reeves should scrap stamp duty

9 June 2026 9:42 pm

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

1 June 2026 9:53 pm

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

18 May 2026 10:06 pm

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

12 May 2026 9:02 pm

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

6 May 2026 10:20 pm

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

5 May 2026 9:57 pm

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made plenty of bold promises for her planned mansion tax when she announced it last year.…

oil

The US is back in charge of the oil industry

29 April 2026 11:00 am

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

28 April 2026 9:14 pm

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

23 April 2026 7:44 pm

Chancellor Rachel Reeves took office on a pro-growth platform, promising to make Britain the leading economy in the G7. She…