Best of travel: From Canada to Mexico to find Trump’s legacy February 1, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. This week we revisit Ashwin Bhandari’s coast-to-coast trip across America to try to understand the Trump phenomenon. ••• The Seattle skyline, with the iconic Space Needle against the backdrop of Mt Rainier, may be familiar from TV [...]
The Coronavirus Bill: Everything you need to know March 25, 2020 As Britain continues to ramp up its response to the coronavirus outbreak, MPs have voted through a bill that gives the government new powers to tackle the crisis. The Coronavirus Bill, expected to become law this week, has the potential to bring in sweeping changes to our daily lives in a bid to curb the [...]
Bank of England’s Andy Haldane suggests overhaul of corporate governance laws February 24, 2020 The chief economist of the Bank of England has suggested Britain should make “legislative change” to shift corporate governance rules away from a sole focus on shareholders to instead consider consumers, workers and social goals. Andy Haldane also said Britain needs a “rethink” about its banking sector, suggesting that regional, development and infrastructure banks could [...]
However worthy their cause may be, eco-rebels are not above the law October 17, 2019 Imagine a city in the grip of a crime wave, where the hard-pressed police have to draft in officers from other parts of the country to maintain order in an increasingly fractious situation, where ordinary citizens find their daily journeys to work and school disrupted, and where local businesses suffer the effects of day after [...]
Financial services should be at the heart of trade talks March 5, 2020 In my experience, financial services are rarely the focus of heated family discussions, or of so-called water cooler conversations with colleagues and friends. Instead, we tend to become passionate about individual politicians or teachers, healthcare or utility companies. This is entirely understandable given that those issues affect our everyday lives — or at least are [...]
Extinction Rebellion protester lies on top of plane at London City Airport to disrupt flight October 10, 2019 Paralympian James Brown has climbed up on top of a plane at London City Airport as a part of an Extinction Rebellion protest. Video footage streamed to social media shows the man using runway stairs to climb on top of the British Airways aircraft. Brown, who is reportedly blind, apparently boarded the plane before backing [...]
There are more funds run by Daves than by women February 11, 2020 The investment industry has a gender representation problem, and more needs to be done, says Holly Black There are more funds in the UK run by men named David than there are female fund managers in total. Of 1,496 UK-listed open-ended funds, 108 are run by managers named David or Dave – equivalent to 7.2% [...]
Tax system to the rescue: Six policy tweaks that could kickstart the economy June 23, 2020 The past three months have seen a deluge of economic, political, and legal moves that would have been unthinkable at the start of the year. As civil liberties were curtailed on a scale never seen in peacetime and ten million children were turned away from school, new hospitals were built in a matter of weeks, [...]
How e-scooters, self-driving cars, and flying taxis will shape the future of your commute February 10, 2020 An air of tranquility hangs about Stratford’s electric scooter riders. Their bodies are still, poised, as they glide by on this crisp February morning. I try to copy them and end up skidding along, struggling to figure out how to position my feet — but after a couple of wobbles I’m gliding too. As I [...]
City Corporation slammed for decision to ban Taiwan float from Lord Mayor’s show May 14, 2019 The chair of the influential Foreign Affairs Select Committee has accused the City of London Corporation of allowing itself to be pushed around by China after the body banned Taiwan from participating in the Lord Mayor's show. In an unusual move, the City of London Corporation, which governs the Square Mile, went against the [...]