Build, Baby, Build: Four things the next government must do if it’s serious about growth June 28, 2024 Both parties say they will go for growth, but they are ducking some of the really big questions about how we get there, says James Vitali Both main parties are conscious of how precarious the UK’s public finances will be over the next Parliament. Both are hopeful that a significant uptick in the UK growth [...]
The Notebook: BBC bashing might be fashionable but Auntie is a pillar of reliability June 27, 2024 Steven Barnett takes the notebook pen to talk the BBC, the importance of The Sun, and his Taylor Swift review.
Campaign cock-up of the week: Trio of gaffes leaves Greens beet red June 27, 2024 Former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. This week, embarrassment for the Greens.
Worst (political) jargon of the week: Supermajority June 27, 2024 What does it mean? The eclipse of a waning organism by a massive new entity. A supermajority normally looms during the last evolutionary stages of a massive Tory government.
Square Mile and Me – Labour City candidate Rachel Blake: Only Labour can remove the chaotic Tories June 27, 2024 We’re asking the candidates for the Cities of London and Westminster to introduce themselves. Today, Labour's Rachel Blake gives her pitch.
Build, Baby, Build: Move over avo toast, ceramics are Gen Z’s housing crisis crutch June 27, 2024 Gen Z are spending more time and money on interior design, not despite, but because of, the housing crisis, writes Anna Moloney.
Let’s be honest, all regulation – even hedgehog holes – costs public money June 27, 2024 All the parties have pledged additional regulations, but the costs of these largely go unchecked, writes Matthew Lesh.
Private school VAT furore shows just how much help our state schools need June 27, 2024 VAT on private schools has been slated as a "tax on aspiration" - but why don't we focus on making state education aspirational?
Will it work? Tax and benefit cuts June 27, 2024 It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms and asks whether they solve the problem they’re supposed to solve. Rishi Sunak has made tax cuts the [...]
FCA rebrand is pointless – just get on with regulating the City June 27, 2024 Actions speak louder than words, goes the world’s most famous maxim. It’s an ethos to be slapped onto most walks of life. Financial regulation though, it seems, is the exception.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has faced a bruising few months being kicked around the City like a political football – too much red tape, say [...]