spending

Is this the end of borrow and spend?

30 March 2022 2:00 am

Since the spring statement last week, Rishi Sunak has been dealing with complaints from all sides: the right have been…

Boris should keep copying Blair

8 September 2021 10:05 pm

Having written here at least once before that Boris Johnson is the heir to Blair, my first thought on the Prime…

tax spending

Who will pay for a mega-spending Biden administration?

5 September 2020 3:51 am

Over the last month, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has proposed roughly $4 trillion in new tax hikes. That is…

How France’s left-wing government learned to love austerity

10 May 2014 9:00 am

How France learned to love cuts