This Time No Mistakes: The big challenge facing Keir Starmer May 11, 2024 When Labour gets into power, it cannot just pull a lever marked 'investment'.
Don’t let Labour put FDI at risk May 8, 2024 A Labour government would threaten London’s position as Europe’s top destination for FDI. Only one part knows how to create an attractive regulatory and investment environment, says Lord Johnson One of this Government’s most important missions is to drive innovation and growth by attracting a continuous stream of high quality, global investment. As the Minister [...]
Rachel Reeves: Nigel Lawson was ‘right’ on not abolishing National Insurance May 7, 2024 Labour’s shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, speaking in the City of London today, set out her party’s attack lines on the Tories’ economic record following the local and mayoral elections last week.
UK to bid recession farewell as debate over state of the economy heats up May 7, 2024 New figures out this week are set to show that last year's shallow recession has come to an end as political debate about the state of the economy heats up.
Nobel Prize-winning economist: Here’s what Labour should do to improve the economy May 3, 2024 "I really think they're under-promising," Stiglitz told City A.M. "They're not going far enough. I understand why they do not want to be as aggressive as I would be."
Rachel Reeves tells the City she wants to close gender pay gap if she becomes first female chancellor April 16, 2024 Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour is "under no illusions about the scale of challenge Labour will inherit."
The Notebook: Afraid of the big bad wealth tax? You shouldn’t be April 10, 2024 Neil Bennett, global co-CEO of H/Advisors, takes the Notebook pen to talk wealth taxes, the ONS, and why history's the new rock and roll.
Rachel Reeves and Sadiq Khan tell City A.M.: ‘We will reset the relationship between London and the nation’ April 4, 2024 As local and national elections approach, Rachel Reeves and Sadiq Khan set out a new vision for the capital's relationship with Westminster.
Carried interest: Labour sticks by plans to up private equity bonus tax April 3, 2024 Rachel Reeves has vowed to stick by Labour’s plans to increase tax on private equity bonuses, by upping the rate on carried interest transactions.
Let’s be honest, Labour’s ‘securonomics’ will make the UK economy less secure March 21, 2024 Reeves’ aspiration to deliver greater stability may sound appealing, but greater state involvement will not deliver the growth she promises.