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Can Rachel Reeves calm the markets?
The more investors dig into Labour’s first Budget, the less they seem to like it. After the Office for Budget…
China hawks hit back at Lammy rapprochement
First, it was the Chagos Islands. Then it was David Lammy’s visit. Now many in Westminster are asking: when it…
What’s upset Kim Jong Un?
When Kim Jong Un does not get what he wants, he makes his displeasure known far and wide. Over the…
A warm welcome in Salem from women and witches
Pulling up at Marblehead’s Harbor Light Hotel, my oldest friend and I wasted no time securing two counter seats at…
Treasury staff leave a mess after Budget tax hikes
For most Brits, there was little to celebrate in Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement – but that didn’t stop Treasury staff…
Businessman tears up over Labour’s Budget
The first full day post-Budget has not been a happy one. While Labour’s spinners are hard at work trying to…
Why should we trust the IMF?
It wasn’t an aggrieved business leader, facing a sharply increased wage bill thanks to the Budget, that led the 8…
Will Rachel Reeves hike taxes even higher?
Rachel Reeves has spent the morning out on the media round trying to sell her first Budget to the public.…
Revealed: Reeves’s tax rises expose Labour’s misleading manifesto claims
Casting his mind back to the election, Mr S recalls a heated debate about which party would raise taxes most.…
Sturgeon paid £25,000 for election night punditry
The SNP’s Dear Leader has not had the smoothest 18 months since her resignation last year – what with the…
Is Ofcom guilty of double standards over GB News fine?
GB News has dealt with a number of Ofcom complaints in its time, but now things have become a little…
Labour’s £2.9bn defence boost doesn’t go nearly far enough
Anyone who is serious about the condition of the armed forces and Britain’s defence policy will not look a gift…
Rachel Reeves’s Budget plan is much worse than you think
‘No plan for the economy’ is the charge being made against the government, as Conservatives take to the airwaves following…
Why is the UN meddling in France’s hijab ban?
The United Nations this week criticised France for refusing to allow women and girls to wear a Muslim headscarf on…
Reeves runs scared from GB News viewers
Budget day has been and gone and this morning Rachel Reeves was expected on the media morning round to discuss…
Now the SNP must prove it can govern
In the history of devolution, no Westminster government has ever given Scotland as large a block grant settlement as the…
Labour’s Budget is a missed chance to solve Britain’s benefits problem
‘Fixing the Foundations’ is the phrase the Labour government wants in your head after the Budget. But the thin gruel…
Why the Great Firewall of China is waging war on Halloween
The Chinese Communist party (CCP) is spooked by Halloween. In Shanghai, police have rounded up people gathering in costumes that…
Can Zelensky and Putin do a deal?
Warring parties often strike deals. Exchanges of prisoners, ceasefires to deliver aid, covert talks between intelligence services – and eventually,…
Sabotage is back in fashion
Sabotage seems to be back with a bang – and if not with a bang, certainly with a lot of…
The true cost of Labour’s Budget is impossible to calculate
No sombre music accompanied Rachel Reeves’s Budget, nor was there a reading from Corinthians. Yet, those details aside, one point…
Has Rachel Reeves killed the family farm?
As the post-Budget scrutiny gets underway, there is one group of obvious losers from today’s statement: farmers. The rural community…
The markets don’t like this Budget much
It has been a good day for investors in the Alternative Investment Market (Aim), with the index of the top…
Watch: OBR denies review legitimises Labour’s £22bn claim
Rachel Reeves’s fiscal statement has been and gone but the fallout from today’s Budget is still being assessed. One rather…
Living standards take a hit in Labour’s Budget
‘Judge us by whether, in five years’ time, you have more money in your pocket,’ Keir Starmer told the Mirror earlier this…
