Planning the economy around a government surplus can never represent a strategic vision
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023I noted an article by Martin Wolf in the FT last week on this blog. In that article, Wolf argued that the UK needed a
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Working people have the right to expect above inflation pay rises.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023I have noticed paranoia on wage rises a d their impact inflation reaching the media this morning. The Resolution Foundation would appear to wish to
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The Covid whitewash
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023I had high hopes for the Covid inquiry. They have dissipated. Yesterday was, in a very real sense, the final straw. Rishi Sunak presented patently
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It feels like some people are driving the world towards insanity, and no one is sure how to stop them
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023Politics is in a very surreal and dangerous place this morning. Here in the UK, Rishi Sunak is desperately trying to muster support for his
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Sunak and the dog’s dinner
Monday, December 11th, 2023As everyone knows, the UK has no written constitution. It has a dog’s dinner of convention instead. One such convention is that we have a
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When will interest rates start to fall?
Monday, December 11th, 2023As the FT noted yesterday: Investors are right. It is time that the central banks of the world – including the Bank of England –
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HMRC now know how much international tax they're not being paid
Monday, December 11th, 2023The Guardian reports this morning that: US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in the UK last year, HM Revenue & Customs believes, according to a
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The questions Sunak has to answer today
Monday, December 11th, 2023There are, I think, four key strands of questioning for Rishi Sunak when he appears before the Covid inquiry today. These questions have to be
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How long has Sunak got?
Sunday, December 10th, 2023There is a headline in the Observer today that says: It seems clear that large numbers of Tories have decided that Sunak’s Rwanda plan is either
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