A German court has plunged the eurozone into fresh crisis
An epidemic has been raging across the continent. The economy is in lockdown, and GDP is in freefall. But, hey,…
It's no bad thing that the airline industry will never be the same again
British Airways is laying off 12,000 staff. Virgin Atlantic is desperately looking for a buyer. Air France-KLM is being bailed…
Macron talks grandly about Europe – and then cuts a deal with Germany
Emmanuel Macron is, for all his carefully polished image as a radical moderniser (and with the possible exception of not…
Coronavirus has again exposed the euro’s fatal flaw
Rising death rates. Economies closing down. People forced to stay at home. The coronavirus is a health, social and economic…
Rishi Sunak’s wartime economy
At least no one can say it isn’t bold. The United States is fiddling around with some possible cuts to…
Tory taboos must be broken in the fight against coronavirus
A £330 billion package of loans to business. A huge tax break to any company in the hospitality or leisure…
Three ways to stop a coronavirus recession
Supply chains are shutting down. Factories and offices are closing. Flights are being cancelled, conferences postponed and football and rugby…
Boris’s eco plans will end in tears
At least no one will be able to accuse it of not caring about the environment. The government has just…
Chaos and capital controls: the first 100 days of PM Corbyn
The morning of 13 December. A series of salacious revelations about his private life have sunk Boris Johnson’s campaign. A…
The Lib Dems’ £50bn ‘Remain bonus’ is nonsense
The schools will all get new books. The hospitals will all be rebuilt. Long-suffering public sector workers will finally get…
Brexit grifters are making a killing selling useless advice
Over the past three years, as we have torturously debated our departure from the European Union, we have heard a…
Boris-onomics is what Britain needs
A few jokes. A sprinkling of tax cuts. A few more jokes. A couple of flashy new buildings. And then…
Who decided that keeping money in ‘paradise’ is a crime? We should all thank havens
Maybe we should blame John Grisham. In his breakthrough best-seller The Firm, the young lawyer Mitch, played by Tom Cruise…
The madness of price caps
Better access to education. Tax cuts for anyone in the struggling middle. More affordable homes, and more money for the…
The real Brexit risk
At the Westfield shopping centre in east London, the queues started at 2 a.m. on Christmas night. In Wrexham, people started…
All the signs point to a new recession – a worse one
All the signs have been pointing to a new recession – and we’re much less equipped to weather it than last time
The slow death of the pension pot
If the Chancellor carries on hacking at tax relief, we’ll need to find new ways to save for our old age
The bull market is five years old. Does that mean it’s nearly over?
In London and New York, share prices have risen for five years running. So is it time to sell?
You, too, can be a shale profiteer
Here’s how to get a slice of the fracking action
How mansion taxes will make us all poorer
Mansion taxes may be inevitable – and will make us all poorer
Why Britain’s economy will overtake Germany’s
Why the UK economy will one day overtake Germany
