The Reeves doctrine: Labour’s plan for power
She is ready to be Britain’s first female chancellor. But will Rachel Reeves’ caution stifle her creativity?
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The great leaseholders’ revolt
From the Red Wall to Labour London, a growing anti-leasehold movement is pushing for radical change on housing.
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Britcoin is a weird and dangerous idea
The government seems not to fully understand the implications of a “digital pound”.
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Christopher Harborne: the silent donor behind Brexit and Boris Johnson
The Thai-based businessman has given Johnson’s office £1m – the biggest donation ever to an MP. What does he hope…
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At a critical moment, Britain has no plan for its car industry
Britain lags far behind its rivals in this century’s key industry: electric car production.
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The crash of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX may yet strengthen the crypto industry
The 30-year-old’s crypto exchange has filed for bankruptcy, but the potential for decentralised finance remains great.
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How politicians failed to protect the public from crypto
Leaders have spent years indulging a dangerous trend that they couldn’t be bothered to understand.
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Martin Lewis: “It is quite staggering how little politicians know”
The Money Saving Expert opens up about his own attitude to spending, how little politicians know, and being mistaken for…
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Faced with economic reality, Liz Truss insists it’s everyone else who is wrong
If only markets understood the very clever pro-growth plan, none of this would have happened.
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Why your meetings are a waste of time
The biggest study so far on meetings and productivity finds that most companies should eradicate them almost entirely.
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Bankers’ bumper bonuses: why does the government want them back?
Lifting the cap on bonuses could make the City more attractive, but this is a problem that should have been…
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The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning
Since 2008, politicians and bankers have kept recession at bay by pretending it wasn’t happening. That strategy is beginning to…
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Flat wages, surging stocks: how the rich profited from a 13-year stock market surge
The UK’s lightly-taxed asset boom enriched the wealthy while workers endured a lost decade.
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It’s time to consider revoking the Bank of England’s “independence”
The bank’s fixation on inflation targets, regardless of the cost to society, is among New Labour’s worst legacies.
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How the Wolseley lost the battle for its soul
The beloved London restaurant empire has been bought out by Minor International – which has little understanding of its egalitarian…
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Financial markets may have just predicted a recession
Inversions of the yield curve on US Treasury bonds have preceded most recessions for 150 years. It happened again this…
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With trade unions gutted, workers have no protection against soaring inflation
It was ludicrous for the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, to suggest that people are in a meaningful position…
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In the cost of living crisis, supermarket workers are once more on the front line
Shareholder action today highlights the precarious finances of a million low-income workers who are essential to food supply.
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British greed for dirty money emboldened Putin’s Russia
Before Britain pats itself on the back too generously for supporting Ukraine, it must not be forgotten how well the…
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Twilight of the greenback: how sanctions may hasten the dollar’s decline
In a global financial system increasingly fractured by geopolitcal interest, the reach of the dollar is diminishing.
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