The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Impact Reception Welcomes Over 270 Guests to Mansion House November 24, 2023 This week The Lord Mayor’s Appeal hosted its annual Impact Reception, welcoming over 270 guests to Mansion House hosted by Alderman Alistair King, Lord Mayor Representative. Highlighting the work of The Appeal across 12 months, it allowed participants to tell their stories of how its ground-breaking initiatives and partnerships with three charities: National Numeracy, MQ [...]
PM declares end of high tax and spend as he says govt will ‘get out of the way’ June 9, 2022 Boris Johnson has indicated a major reset in the direction of his government, with the Prime Minister declaring the end of Covid-era “corporate welfare” and that now is the time to “stop spending and start cutting taxes and cutting regulation”. Johnson said “the overall burden of taxation is now very high”, after himself increasing the [...]
Why energy experts support Shapps’ slashing of the green levies March 28, 2023 Shapps’ plan has received a warmer response from the industry, with the debate over shifting levies to taxes or gas bills.
Crying misogyny over Alison Rose’s downfall won’t do Labour any favours July 31, 2023 Rachel Reeves made a mistake in attributing Alison Rose's fate to misogyny. The government had a right to get involved in the Coutts saga, but Reeves was out of tune in her intervention, writes Eliot Wilson
Teasing supermarket execs won’t stop inflation, it’s suppliers we need to grill June 28, 2023 Supermarket bosses are an easy shot, but its suppliers making profits which would dwarf those of Tesco or Sainsbury's.
Housebuilders tank on stock market with investors ‘nervous’ about mortgage rates June 20, 2022 Housebuilders lead the London Stock Exchange’s top fallers today, after the latest house price data cautioned the tightening of purse strings amid a cost of living crisis. Barratt Developments and Berkeley Group led the descent, falling a little over four per cent each. While Persimmon dove 3.7 per cent, Ashtead slipped 2.8 per cent and [...]
Everyone wants a pay rise, but we will have to pay with cuts to jobs or services November 16, 2022 The nation seems to be in the grip of an epidemic of cognitive dissonance. Where is Matt Hancock when we really need him to impose a lockdown and save us from this menace? Two major events have put huge strain on the public finances. The pandemic led to government borrowing of some £400bn, around 20 [...]
Sunak: If you’re rich like me, give windfall tax of £400 to charity May 27, 2022 Rishi Sunak has said people should follow his lead and give the government’s £400 energy bill assistance to charity. The chancellor of the exchequer made his comments this morning after it was announced everyone will get a grant as part of a £21bn living support package. This comes after pressure on the government to impose [...]
Headline inflation slows again but Bank set for further rate rise August 16, 2023 Inflation has fallen to 6.8 per cent thanks to energy price falls, but core inflation remains sticky
UK recession risk just got a whole lot lower after inflation undershoot July 25, 2023 From the Bank of England to recession warnings, Jack Barnett gets under the skin of Britain’s economy in his weekly column Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey would not have been the only person in the City last week breathing a sigh of relief after the better than expected inflation numbers. It was the first [...]