Should Reeves raise income tax?
Rachel Reeves is reportedly looking at a 2p increase in income tax. The hike to the basic rate – paid…
Introducing: Reality Check
I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast and newsletter Reality Check. In each episode I’ll cut through…
Steady inflation gives Reeves some reprieve
Prices are still rising fast. The Consumer Prices Index rose by 3.8 per cent in September – the same pace…
Who’s to blame for Britain’s slowing economy?
The economy is slowing down. GDP grew 0.3 per cent in the three months to August. As ever, services propped…
How Rachel Reeves can escape the doom loop
Rachel Reeves is trapped in an economic ‘doom loop’: high debt, low growth and higher debt again. But, as pessimists’…
What happened to Reform’s Doge?
When Linden Kemkaran (formerly of The Spectator) was elected leader of Kent County Council, she presented herself as the poster-child for…
Are the Tories really the party of ‘fiscal prudence’?
The message the Tories want you to leave their conference with is that they are the party of prudence. The…
When will Rachel Reeves deliver on her promises?
Security, security, security was the message from Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she addressed the Labour party today in Liverpool. A…
Will Labour MPs stand for Rachel Reeves’ benefits crackdown?
When the Chancellor speaks at Labour party conference later today she has a tough message to deliver. Rachel Reeves will…
What is Andy Burnham talking about?
Andy Burnham is worried about becoming Liz Truss. In an interview deemed so important it currently appears on the New…
The problem with removing the child benefit cap
Despite having a £30 billion fiscal hole to fill Rachel Reeves might be about to splash the cash. If reports…
Rachel Reeves only has ugly choices
Rachel Reeves should shift the tax burden away from workers and onto those who take most from the state: our…
Rachel Reeves doesn’t get the interest rate cut she was hoping for
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4 per cent. Threadneedle Street’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted seven…
Britain is in a fresh cost of living crisis
Prices are continuing to rise. Consumer inflation stayed at 3.8 per cent last month – matching the figure recorded in July…
Rachel Reeves: destroyer of jobs
Over the past year, some 142,000 payrolled jobs have been lost, according to the latest labour market figures from the…
The Budget that could make, or break, Starmer’s government
As the Chancellor Rachel Reeves gets to work on her second Budget – to be delivered on 26 November –…
How bad is the UK bond crisis?
‘UK in the drain’, a trader exclaimed earlier today as 30-year gilt yields punched through to their highest level since…
The coming crash: the markets have had enough
‘The problems of financing our deficits have seriously hampered progress in achieving our goals,’ wrote Labour’s chancellor Denis Healey in…
Why your weight loss jab is ballooning in price
‘A friend of mine who’s slightly overweight, to put it mildly, went to a drug store in London,’ Donald Trump…
Britain is being pulled under by debt
Britain is slowly drowning in debt. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in the…
Is inflation here to stay?
Inflation is up again. CPI climbed to 3.8 per cent last month – up from 3.6 per cent in July,…
GDP growth proves the Bank of England’s mistakes
Yesterday’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth raises questions for the Bank of England. Second quarter growth came in at 0.3 per cent…
Rachel Reeves must pull Britain from its doom loop
Britain’s is growing, albeit sluggishly. Figures just released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the economy grew by…
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s real legacy
Nicola Sturgeon gets an easy ride with the English media. This weekend, with a book to flog and an image…
Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?
The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4 per cent. Threadneedle Street’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just…
