Energy
A thriving City will test Labour’s tolerance
The City is having a busier year than pessimistic observers – including me – might have expected. The biggest deal…
Labour’s energy plan doesn’t add up
So, we have a little more flesh on the bones of Labour’s energy policy, with the party giving more details…
The need for greed
I suspect I’ve had a lot more fun writing about the annual Sunday Times Rich List over the years than…
How net zero will divide Labour and the Tories
This morning, Ofgem announced another reduction in the energy price cap from July. The new cap on the unit price…
Labour and Unite go to war over oil
There is nothing new about battles between the unions and a Labour government. But could a Starmer government be upset…
How Pret ate itself
How bad would it be if Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), were to be taken over by…
The farce of Drax’s wood pellets
When is the government going to stop pretending that chopping down trees in North American forests and shipping them across…
A house-price crash won’t be the only effect of the Kwarteng calamity
Where next for house prices? Clearly, they’re going down as mortgage rates go up – and my forecast in May…
Portrait of the week: Tory party conference, gas supply warning and Denmark’s royals stripped of titles
Home Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, came up with a message for the Conservative party conference: ‘Whenever there is change,…
