Boris can’t wish the tax burden away
After an uncomfortably close confidence vote for the Prime Minister on Monday, Boris Johnson’s premiership still hobbles along. But for…
‘Famine is part of Russia’s strategy’: Zelensky’s economic adviser on Putin’s tactics
President Zelensky’s economic adviser on the reality of Putin’s tactics
What the Sue Gray report tells us about the ‘party elite’
Britain’s ‘party elite’ – perhaps better-termed ‘Covid elite’ – were hiding in plain sight throughout the pandemic. Even before the…
Mervyn King: Needless money-printing fuelled inflation
Some £500 billion was printed by the Bank of England during the pandemic – a staggering sum that caused very…
Unemployment is low – so why aren’t wages improving?
For the first time ever, the number of UK job vacancies – now almost 1.3 million – has overtaken the…
Andrew Bailey's inflation excuses have been exposed
This afternoon the Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey appeared, as he has done many times before, in front of…
The perils of 'Bidenflation'
Has inflation peaked in the United States? Today’s update from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the annual rate of…
Are we heading towards a recession?
The US Federal Reserve yesterday announced its biggest interest rate rise in 22 years. Today, the Bank of England follows…
New York has become the city that never eats
Is there anything more extraordinary than dining in New York City? Whetheryou’re sitting down for the Michelin star experience of…
Has Carole the tarantula cured my arachnophobia?
I’ve been an arachnophobe my whole life. I can’t remember a time when videos of spiders, or even photos or…
Is this the end of borrow and spend?
Since the spring statement last week, Rishi Sunak has been dealing with complaints from all sides: the right have been…
Why Boris can't blame rising energy prices on Ukraine
What is really to blame for the cost of living crisis?
Rishi Sunak’s energy bill dilemma
This morning’s revelation that the UK economy grew 0.8 per cent in January, the fastest growth since April last year, is…
Will Russia’s economy collapse?
How quickly can a G20 economy collapse? That question has come to the fore this week, as the world has…
Paralysing Russia's central bank could cripple Putin's plans
Pushing Russia out of Swift, the international bank transfer system, has long been spoken of as one of the most…
Is Britain prepared for the cost of sanctions?
Sanctions hit both sides: this is a point that Joe Biden has made to Americans and Olaf Scholz is making…
Germany's canning of Nord Stream 2 will hit Putin hard
Vladimir Putin’s threats towards Ukraine have, in part, been an operation in stoking divisions throughout the West. As James Forsyth…
Revealed: how the NHS waiting list will hit 9.2 million
Who really controls the NHS?
The cost of living crisis has arrived
In recent weeks alleged lockdown parties and suitcases full of wine have been the biggest threat to Boris Johnson’s premiership.…
Sunak and Johnson's differences have been exposed
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak’s plan to press on with the new health and social care levy is not a…
Can Boris Johnson now afford to scrap the National Insurance rise?
After promising not to raise National Insurance in the 2019 manifesto, the Tories are preparing to do just that in…
Britain’s cost of living crisis worsens
If Boris Johnson manages to cling on to his job, he’ll have much more than the parties of lockdowns past…
My strange encounter with foot fetishists
My strange encounter with the foot fetishists
Covid has made America more divided than ever
I knew when I boarded the plane home to America on Boxing Day that I was heading to an unhappy…
A pretty pass
The case for vaccine passports has collapsed
