Inflation is down – but for how long?
Britain seems to be turning a corner. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics show the rate of…
Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham’s Britain doesn’t exist
With Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership in perpetual peril, it seems instructive to pay closer attention to his potential successors. On…
Is there a silver lining in Britain’s dismal growth figures?
Wes Streeting was bang on when he told Peter Mandelson the government had ‘no growth strategy at all’. The Health…
Britain’s economic upturn won’t save Starmer
By the end of last week, it was clear the Prime Minister is a goner – the debate moved to…
The Bank cuts growth prospects by a quarter
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just voted to hold interest rates at 3.75 per cent. While…
The Waspis never deserved a payout
I want to congratulate the Department for Work and Pensions. They’ve made the excellent decision to – once again –…
Under 50? You’re never getting a state pension
Last week the Bank of England was warned to prepare for a financial crisis triggered by the discovery of extraterrestrial…
Why inflation is up again
Inflation has crept back up. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the Consumer Prices Index…
Rachel Reeves: destroyer of jobs
Rachel Reeve’s jobs collapse is trundling on. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 155,000…
Trump slaps Britain with tariffs over Greenland
Donald Trump has announced that he will impose tariffs on goods from the UK, Denmark and other European countries. The…
Britain’s economy is standing still under Labour
Britain’s economy is standing still. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics show GDP grew by just 0.1…
The SNP’s Budget was nothing but cynical spin
Yesterday, Shona Robison, Scotland’s finance minister, delivered her tax and spending plans for the coming fiscal year. The headline message…
Compulsory digital ID is dropped
Keir Starmer has just made his 13th u-turn since taking the No. 10 keys. The government, this evening, decided that…
Despite the rate cut, inflation remains a danger
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just voted to cut interest rates to 3.75 per cent and…
Rachel Reeves can’t escape blame for rising unemployment
Unemployment has risen again. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK’s unemployment rate rose to…
How Rachel Reeves shrank the economy
The British economy is shrinking. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that GDP fell by…
Is the superflu really ‘unprecedented’?
The NHS is facing a ‘worst-case scenario’ for flu this winter. That was the verdict of Professor Meghana Pandit, national…
Labour is now the party of welfare, not work
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have gone into bunker mode. The pair – whose political fortunes are so tightly bound…
Young people are fleeing Britain
Net migration has fallen to its lowest level in four years. Figures released this morning show that 204,000 more people…
Rachel Reeves’s Budget is a shambles
What we have seen today is unprecedented. The entire list of Budget measures announced by Rachel Reeves – along with…
How bad will Rachel Reeves’s Budget be?
After a needlessly long run-up, Budget day is finally here. Investors, bond traders and house builders are breathing a collective…
The greatest threat to the economy? The Employment Rights Bill
On Monday night, former England manager Gareth Southgate joined MPs and philanthropists for an event in Westminster described as ‘the…
Britain will never clear its debts
It’s hard to think of a more shambolic budget than the one Rachel Reeves will deliver next week. His Majesty’s…
The net migration debacle is a blunder too far for the ONS
Another day at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), another apparent data mishap – this time on net migration figures.…
Reality Check: Britain’s data is broken
There were cheers in the Treasury in September when statisticians found an unexpected £2 billion ‘down the back of the…
