July 2024
Why Starmer should now play prosecutor on Brexit
Labour and the Tories have avoided the topic, but a full audit of the impact of leaving the EU would deliver political and economic benefits to incoming ministers.
March 2023
UK unveils $16b in business tax breaks to boost growth
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivered a defiantly upbeat budget, saying the outlook for the country had improved and inflation would fall.
January 2023
The era of investment properties is ending in Britain
Rising costs and more stringent regulation are driving small landlords out of the rental property market.
October 2022
Britain’s Truss forced into embarrassing U-turn on tax cut
The backlash over the chancellor’s plan to scrap the top rate of income tax for Britain’s highest earners threatens to undermine Liz Truss’s weeks-old government.
April 2022
UK should not be a light touch for crypto groups
The Treasury should not be howled down for trying to spot new opportunities for the UK’s finance industry. But its ambitions for the City do not alter the case for stringent regulation.
March 2021
UK’s woes not just deep but worryingly enduring
The British government has no growth strategy. One might describe this as old-fashioned realistic Conservatism. An alternative label might be defeatism.
July 2020
UK-China relations go from ‘golden era’ to the deep freeze
As Britain sets out to build its post-Brexit future, many think it is in a weak position to spurn the fastest growing major economy in the world.
May 2020
Why are we hesitating to demand an inquiry into China?
From business to academia and government, British institutions refuse to face the hard facts about China, writes Charles Moore.
March 2020
The talented Mr Sunak more Keynesian than Labour
The UK Chancellor's plan to help virus-hit economy surpasses what Labour came up with after financial crisis.
February 2020
Aussie campaign guru Isaac Levido sets up in UK
When it comes to the export of political apparatchiks and poll whisperers, Australia really does punch above its weight.
With COP26, Britain has a chance to take the lead on climate change
COP26 should be an opportunity for post-Brexit Britain to enhance its global reputation. Instead, it has descended into petty squabbling.
December 2019
Incompetence, not ideology, is the worst thing about the UK election
At this perilous time, the British government needs simple competence more than it needs cash splashes and sloganeering.