We can’t just teach kids maths, they need to understand the stock market October 31, 2023 Rishi Sunak's plan to fix Britain's mathematical and numerical skills is a good one, but it needs to be complimented with plans to teach kids how to save and invest their cash, writes Daniel Harrison
As politics resumes, a cold winter is closing in on Truss’ free market plans September 20, 2022 We face an autumn and winter of difficult political circumstances, it will take all the new prime minister’s deftness and agility to find a way through.
‘How can a lawmaker be a lawbreaker?’: Ex Tory minister calls for Johnson to call vote of confidence if local elections go badly April 14, 2022 A senior Tory MP has said Boris Johnson should resign if local elections prove costly, while warning the PM not to use the war in Ukraine as a “fig leaf” to dodge tough questions on partygate. Tobias Ellwood made his comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, calling for him to hold a vote of [...]
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on the local elections, the BBC and a very modern strike May 3, 2023 The other day my bike appeared in The Sun. Like any proud owner, I have carefully kept the cutting. The reason for this was a colleague needed a prop for his anti-pothole campaign, catchily called “Pot Trumps”. Each day he features a large and terrifying pot hold on Instagram in a forlorn attempt to persuade [...]
Monster energy bill increases threaten to be a ‘pub killer’ as bosses urge ministers for business price cap August 11, 2022 Publicans have called on ministers to introduce an energy price rise cap for venues amid pleas that bill hikes threaten to “be a pub killer.” The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) said the majority of its members were experiencing a minimum 300 per cent increase in energy costs, all while venues attempt to recover from [...]
Exclusive: Sunak to unveil plan to slash EU financial services rules in Mansion House speech June 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak will unveil his plan to slash EU financial services regulations in a major set piece Mansion House speech next month. City A.M. understands the chancellor will announce details of his Financial Services and Markets Bill at the City’s annual Mansion House bankers’ dinner on 19 July and will introduce the legislation to the [...]
Wages jump at fastest pace outside of Covid-19 but inflation erodes finances for 18th straight month June 13, 2023 Workers in Britain have pocketed the largest pay increases on record outside of the Covid-19 pandemic, but inflation is still sharply eroding their finances, official figures out today reveals. Numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the average worker in the UK received a 7.2 per cent wage increase in the three months [...]
Crypto could give London a unique post-Brexit advantage says Hammond December 1, 2021 Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond said the UK must move quickly on digital assets to secure its post-Brexit advantage in financial services.
Lord Frost calls for increased defence spending in wake of Ukraine invasion March 6, 2022 The UK must boost its defence spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to former cabinet minister Lord David Frost. Frost last night said “we are going to have to spend more on defence and that will mean tough choices … we need to reform and liberalise so that investment keeps coming”. [...]
Lobbying watchdog under fire after approving Philip Hammond role at Saudi finance ministry July 15, 2021 The lobbying watchdog was branded “toothless” by Labour this morning after the regulator gave the green light for former chancellor Lord Hammond to take up a role advising the Saudi Arabia finance ministry. Despite flagging concerns about Philip Hammond’s close links with Riyadh during his time in government, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), [...]