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The Apple case is a huge win for the European Commission
Apple must pay €13 billion (£11 billion) in unpaid taxes, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled, bringing to…
Labour’s winter fuel woes are a sign of things to come
On paper, the result was a success for Labour. Despite excited reports, government whips managed to keep their party’s great…
The EU’s Apple tax ruling is a bleak day for Ireland
For those of us who grew up singing songs about Irish nationhood, today is a depressing day. As youths we…
Germany’s border crackdown is a gamble
From next week, Germany will enforce controls at its borders once again. The decision, announced by interior minister Nancy Faeser,…
The state pension system is unfair. Reeves is right to change it
Rachel Reeves is cutting £1.4 billion of pensioner welfare payments with her winter fuel payment means-test. It sounds like a…
Keir Starmer’s prisoner endorsement
Happy prisoner release day, one and all! Today’s move to let out the lags is all part of the Ministry…
Does Starmer know what to do with the unions?
Before coming into government, Keir Starmer would use his battles with the unions, particularly Unite, as a way of defining…
The terror of Australia’s random coffee attack
A young mother, picnicking with friends in a Brisbane park, shouldn’t now be praying for the recovery of her nine-month-old…
Can Labour get young people back to work?
The UK still looks set to get another interest rate cut (or two) by the end of the year, but…
Has King Charles finally run out of patience with Prince Andrew?
While the nation basks in the good news about the Princess of Wales in her battle with cancer, the Royals’…
The Spectator’s new owner – and new era
After a year-long auction drama that involved sheikhs and moguls and even ended up changing the law, The Spectator has a new owner.…
Women will pay the price for Labour’s early release prison scheme
For women trying to escape domestic abuse, the government’s early prison release scheme spells further misery. Around 1,700 prisoners will…
Starmer’s social contract with the unions won’t work
There may be a few warnings about pay, and the inevitable references to the ‘black hole’ that has mysteriously appeared…
We’re being ruled by a 1980s left-wing student elite
We are now governed by people who were left-wing students in the 1980s and early 90s. This is one of…
The sinister call to make barristers advance diversity and inclusion
As a barrister my professional duty is to provide the best legal advice outside of court and to represent my…
Probation officers won’t be able to cope with 5,500 prisoner releases
Today the government is releasing an estimated 1,700 prisoners early, under the scheme (SDS40) in which most inmates will only…
The truth about Jeremy Kyle
The inquest into the death of Steve Dymond, the unfortunate man who was found dead a week after his appearance…
Hot springs have doomed Japan’s net zero ambitions
Most people know that Japan is a country cursed with considerable seismic activity; frequent, and very occasionally devastating, earthquakes and…
The Harris campaign’s ‘out of time’ ploy
The Harris-Walz campaign is depending on Americans feeling so rushed this election that they don’t pay attention to the vice…
What Rachel Reeves told Labour MPs
Who was Rachel Reeves more worried about tonight when she addressed the Parliamentary Labour party? The Labour MPs who will…
How to score the Trump-Harris debate
This Tuesday’s debate is the most consequential moment of the “second” campaign, just as Trump’s debate with Biden was the…
Watch: Andrew Neil and Piers Morgan ask – has Trump lost his mojo?
It’s less than 60 days to go until polling day in America and the race could not be closer. Donald…
Kate’s message of hope is wonderful news for the Royals
The Royal Family has not had much to celebrate lately, so the relief that the world will feel with the…
How fake news thrived in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings
It has fallen to Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, to say the obvious in pointing…
The Treasury holds the key to fixing the NHS
The most interesting thing about Lord Ara Darzi’s report on the health service, expected to be published this Thursday, is…
