Is deadly weather being ‘supercharged’?
So that’s it then: the Guardian has declared that we are all being scorched, drowned and blown over by climate…
Without America, Britain’s economy will stall
The comments by Stephen Moore, Donald Trump’s economic adviser, should not really be controversial. ‘I’ve always said that Britain has…
Rachel Reeves is turning into Gordon Brown
Rachel Reeves is beginning to look awfully like Gordon Brown. Study the actions of this government so far and you…
My radical proposal for the civil service
I’ve got a better idea for the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, which is demanding civil servants be allowed…
The world isn’t listening to Keir Starmer’s climate preaching
Keir Starmer said he was travelling to Cop 29 in Baku intending to “lead the world on climate change”. But…
Keir Starmer isn’t being honest about his COP carbon pledge
‘It’s not about telling people how to live their lives. I’m not interested in that’ said Keir Starmer of his…
Are the super rich really abandoning Britain?
With an urgency not always noted in plumbers, Charlie Mullins announced earlier this year that he was leaving the country,…
Trump’s victory makes Miliband’s climate plans look even sillier
If you think Donald Trump’s victory is hard enough on Kamala Harris’s campaign staff, spare a thought for the world’s…
Trump’s tariff plans don’t have to spell bad news for Britain
On the face of it, Donald Trump’s threat to impose general import tariffs of 10 to 20 per cent on…
The reason Kamala Harris is losing
Whatever you think of Donald Trump, watching the mood change in the BBC’s election studio has been delicious. It was…
More evidence that the Budget raises taxes for workers
Six days on from the Budget, and things don’t look any better for Rachel Reeves’s claim that her Budget won’t…
James Dyson isn’t helping farmers
If I were president of the National Farmers’ Union I know what my first task would be today: ring up…
Can the OBR be trusted?
It was the absence of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s judgment that was blamed for the bond market crisis after…
Will the ‘value for money’ tsar really overrule Rachel Reeves?
Is there any word more laughably misapplied than ‘tsar’? We have already had an ‘antisemitism tsar’ and now we are…
Why should we trust the IMF?
It wasn’t an aggrieved business leader, facing a sharply increased wage bill thanks to the Budget, that led the 8…
The markets don’t like this Budget much
It has been a good day for investors in the Alternative Investment Market (Aim), with the index of the top…
Why this Budget could be worse than you fear
It is tempting to think of this Budget as a triumph in expectation management. Rachel Reeves’s minions have briefed us…
Does Rachel Reeves have to hike taxes?
Could Rachel Reeves’s ‘black hole’ be filled not through tax rises or even spending cuts but rather through getting an…
The real problem with Rachel Reeves’s Budget fiddle
Remember Gordon Brown’s ‘golden rule’ – that over the course of the economic cycle the only net borrowing he would…
Why the call for slavery reparations is a scam
It would be a shame if Britain were forced to leave the Commonwealth, given the great work it has done…
Will the Chancellor widen the public-private pension gap?
Could Rachel Reeves really be so brazen as to lumber private sector employers with having to pay national insurance contributions…
The UK’s debts are horrifyingly large
There is a big danger in today’s government borrowing figures for September being a little less bad than was expected…
Why Wes Streeting’s ‘prevention’ agenda is sinister
Who could possibly object to Wes Streeting’s plan to turn the NHS ‘from hospital to neighbourhood’ and from ‘sickness to…
Brits seem curiously untroubled by Labour’s Budget – at least for now
If the public is worried about what lies in store in Rachel Reeves’ first Budget, there are few signs of…
Should the UK copy Europe on standardised chargers?
You probably know the frustration: you are sitting there trying to stuff a charging cable into your phone before realising…
