Does Manchester City prove you can buy success? May 22, 2024 Manchester City's fourth consecutive Premiership victory is just one example of the concentration of success in football among a few clubs
Starmer’s labour market reforms will put people out of work May 15, 2024 Keir Starmer's plans to expand workers' rights will push up the cost of hiring people and push some people out of their jobs
‘You can’t interfere in the markets,’ Asda boss tells government over food price caps May 30, 2023 Veteran retail boss Stuart Rose has warned the government of “unintended consequences” around encouraging supermarkets to impose price caps on food staples to cut the cost of living. Asda chairman Lord Rose, who also ran Marks and Spencer and chaired Ocado, said “you can’t interfere in the markets” and warned of the “unintended consequences” of [...]
Oil prices rebound amid looming prospect of EU sanctions April 15, 2022 Oil prices have surged amid reports the European Union could finally phase in a ban on Russian oil imports.
The history of rail suggests renationalisation will make little difference May 3, 2024 Britain has never cracked the formula for cheap, efficient, reliable rail, so what makes Labour think renationalisation is the answer?
Attitudes to the NHS are finally catching up with reality March 29, 2024 The NHS has always been mediocre to poor in terms of measurable medical outcomes regardless of funding or public adulation, says Kristian Niemietz Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to the lowest levels since records began, according to the latest edition of the British Social Attitudes Survey (BSA), which was released this week. 52 per cent [...]
Today at COP28: Bill Gates and a (weird) Energy day December 5, 2023 Happy Energy day from COP28! On a day where some of the biggest surprises weren’t surprises at all, people directly or indirectly involved with fossil fuels are attending the summit. Mary Robinson, chair of The Elders group, to whom Sultan Al Jaber’s now-infamous comments about “the science” came last month, made her first reply to [...]
EU pushes OPEC to boost oil output as bloc weighs up ban on Russian supplies April 11, 2022 European Union (EU) officials will hold talks with OPEC representatives today in Vienna, amid growing calls for the cartel to boost supplies.
City sounds alarm over Starmer’s ‘painful’ Budget warning August 28, 2024 City figures have sounded the alarm over the Prime Minister’s warning of a “painful” Budget this autumn, urging him not to “punish risk takers” and warning against “taxing wealth creators”. Sir Keir Starmer delivered his first major address from the No10 Rose Garden on Tuesday as he cautioned that the state of the public finances [...]
Don’t be so quick to dismiss the ‘doped Olympics’ – at least they’re honest August 7, 2024 The Enhanced Games have faced a lot of criticism, but are they really any less fair than the Olympics, asks Paul Ormerod Despite all the glitches and the controversies, the Olympics have provided a great spectacle of skill and prowess. Not least was the dramatic men’s 100 metres final, won by America’s Noah Lyles by [...]