Are the UK’s most polluting companies really going to plan for net zero?
Can airlines and coal mines ever do business in a sustainable way?
ByRishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative Party who was prime minister between October 2022 and July 2024. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the former prime minister here.
The best way to boost economic growth is to reverse hard Brexit
Brexit is forecast to do twice as much permanent damage to the economy as Covid. But this self-inflicted wound can…
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Leader: How to pay for big government
As voters demand more of the state, the state must demand more of its wealthiest.
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Can Rishi Sunak save the planet with green finance?
Making the UK a net-zero financial services hub is an issue of financial stability as much as tackling the climate…
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The Conservatives are making the British transport system more absurd than ever
Cheap flights and expensive trains are incentivising people not to go green.
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How does Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget affect voters in the Red Wall?
Are the Chancellor’s tax-and-spend plans better for traditional Conservative constituencies or new Tory voters in the north and Midlands?
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The UK tax burden is still low compared with most Western countries
Even after recent tax rises, Britain is still more lightly taxed than most major EU countries.
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UK real wages will still be lower in 2026 than they were in 2008
The UK is forecast to endure almost two decades of stagnant earnings.
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Why there could be trouble ahead for Rishi Sunak
Many Tory MPs are at best uneasy and at worst actively disgusted by much of this Budget.
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Rishi Sunak may yet have to raise taxes again, not cut them
If the Chancellor’s economic optimism proves misplaced, he will have to raise taxes or cut spending to meet his fiscal…
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Rachel Reeves’s Budget response shows she can compensate for Keir Starmer’s weaknesses
The shadow chancellor’s commanding performance proved that Labour needs a co-leadership.
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Who will benefit from Rishi Sunak’s Universal Credit taper rate cut in the Budget?
More than 60 per cent of Universal Credit claimants will not benefit from the change and will feel the full…
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How generous was Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget and spending review really?
Beneath the surface of headline-grabbing announcements, the long legacy of austerity still cuts deep.
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The pay rises promised by Rishi Sunak don’t mean the end of austerity
Spending cuts will continue to weaken large parts of the state.
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Will selective austerity continue to work for the Conservatives?
The political approach that has proved lucrative for the Tories over the past decade may not be suited to the…
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Is the Tory electoral coalition ready for an interest rate rise?
With the Bank of England’s chief economist warning inflation could hit 5 per cent, monetary policy is about to get…
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Exclusive: New figures reveal Rishi Sunak’s flagship youth jobs scheme is having little impact
New data reveals that Kickstart, extended for four months by the Chancellor this week, is not driving a fall in…
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Why uneasy Tories are still backing Boris Johnson
Support for the Prime Minister has never been higher within the Conservative Party, however shaky the ideological support for the…
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How dangerous are the tensions between Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for the Conservatives?
The differences between the Prime Minister and his Chancellor are benefiting the Tories. But it’s naive to think that will…
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Rishi Sunak’s speech is a big gamble for him and the Conservatives
The Chancellor is betting that a return to the old approach of austerity won’t end up with the same old…
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