How long before Rachel Reeves introduces a ‘FTSE tax’?
As figures out today show the salaries at the top of business soaring, there are plenty of good reasons for…
Mounjaro won’t be the last drug company to bow to Trump
If you need to lose a few pounds after enjoying the French or Italian food a little too much on…
Rachel Reeves should be brave and raise income tax
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is having trouble making the numbers add up. The deficit just keeps getting worse. The public…
Is Britain’s wind power gamble about to backfire?
Over the last few years, we heard a lot about how the giant turbines that dominate hillsides and coastlines across…
Reeves can’t continue to ignore the entrepreneurs fleeing Britain
Major listed companies have already switched from London to New York. The non-doms are all fleeing for Milan and Dubai.…
Could Trump kill Britain’s pharma industry?
The global trading system is adjusting to the tariffs levied by the United States: for most goods they look likely…
Do motorists really need this car finance payout?
It was, at least, far better than the City feared. Shares in banks and finance houses such as Lloyds and…
Rachel Reeves has crushed confidence in Britain
It doesn’t look like the Chancellor will hit her target for turning the UK into the fastest-growing economy in the…
Starmer’s late payment crackdown is pointless
They face higher National Insurance charges, increased business rates, crippling energy costs, and if they hire anyone: crushing employment rights.…
Can Rachel Reeves be trusted not to bring in a wealth tax?
The government is briefing that Rachel Reeves is ruling out a wealth tax, and won’t surrender to pressure from the…
French anger looms as PM proposes holiday cuts
Banning the baguette, perhaps? Or making it compulsory to eat a sandwich at your desk at lunchtime? If you think…
Cutting bank holidays for French workers is a bad idea
Banning the baguette, perhaps? Or making it compulsory to eat a sandwich at your desk at lunchtime? If you think…
Rachel Reeves’s ‘Big Bang’ is doomed
We probably won’t see the return of shoulder pads, big hair, or yuppies swilling champagne in the bars around Liverpool…
Will Trump’s pharma tariffs destroy the Irish economy?
Japan will take it in its stride, even if its automakers might be hit. China will absorb the extra costs,…
Why aren’t the stock markets spooked by Trump’s new tariffs?
As President Trump unveiled his latest round of tariffs last night, investors barely paid any attention. The stock markets barely…
Has Labour abandoned the steel industry?
We will no doubt hear lots of familiar excuses if later this week, as seems increasingly likely, the British steel…
Do the markets care if Rachel Reeves stays or goes?
When the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gave his full backing to his Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the brief panic in…
Jaguar is heading for oblivion
The headlines wrote themselves. ‘Go woke, go broke!’ said the Daily Mail, and ‘Sales Plummet’, said the Sun. Only a…
If AstraZeneca quits the London Stock Exchange, it will be a disaster
It was already a bad enough week for the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, what…
Cutting the cash Isa allowance screams of desperation
The economy has stagnated, foreign investment has collapsed, the non-doms have fled and the entrepreneurs are following them. Meanwhile, Labour…
Politicians, not ChatGPT, caused the recruitment slump
The machines are already smarter and better organised than humans. They never ask for a pay rise, and they don’t…
The welfare state has become absurdly dysfunctional
Britain’s 12.9 million pensioners are better off financially than they have ever been, and certainly compared with the rest of…
Is the Bank of England turning on Rachel Reeves?
It appears that the Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not have many supporters left. The bond markets don’t think much of…
Without non-doms, who will pay for Labour’s bloated state?
We are not the fastest growing economy in the G7, even though the Labour party promised that we would be.…
Reform can go further in its plan to woo back non-doms
We will hear plenty of familiar criticisms of the plan unveiled by Reform yesterday to bring non-doms, as wealthy foreigners…
