When it comes to women’s safety, Sadiq Khan cares only for optics April 11, 2025 Women are done with platitudes, Sadiq Khan must make London safer if he is to prove he cares about women's safety, writes Aaron Newbury.
Can AI do it better? Why Starmer is right to reimagine the civil service April 11, 2025 What proportion of the civil service's workload could AI handle today? Starmer could revolutionise Whitehall if he's brave enough.
Welcome to the era of the £6 pint April 11, 2025 The average price of a pint in London is set to hit £6.06, almost £1 over the national average. Our pubs urgently need business rates reform to save jobs and boost growth, says Emma McClarkin British pubs have been hit as hard as any business by the government’s economic policies, and it’s starting to cost [...]
Westminster’s Everythingism problem: Why trying to solve everything all at once has ruined politics April 10, 2025 The belief that every policy can be used to deliver every other policy is rife in Westminster, and it's costing us real progress, writes Joe Hill.
Steve Rigby: ‘Business trust in the government is disappearing’ April 10, 2025 Rigby Group co-CEO Steve Rigby tells us about his career - and the current business landscape - in this week's Square Mile and Me.
Richard Farleigh: Why a wealth tax won’t work April 10, 2025 A wealth tax won't work, writes Richard Farleigh, a former dragon from Dragons' Den, author, investor and serial entrepreneur.
Come back non-doms, all is forgiven April 10, 2025 I write this sitting in the morning sunshine in a cafe in central Milan, where I’m one day into my new life as a beneficiary of their special tax regime for high net worth individuals, meaning that in exchange for a mere €200,000 a year I can protect my overseas sources of wealth and income [...]
The Capitalist: City of London terrorised by ducks April 10, 2025 Market shenanigans, Jamie Dimon's good manners guide and the Square Mile's aggressive ducks; catch up on City drama in The Capitalist.
Another recession could push Millennial resentment to tipping point April 10, 2025 Any goodwill left in avocado-munching Millennials towards their wealthier elders will likely be gone with another recession, writes John Oxley.
How to make Britain great again April 10, 2025 Rejoin the customs union, poach American academics and unashamedly champion democracy – here’s how Lewis Liu would respond to Trump’s trade war… Fortunes are made in the rise and fall of empires, and it is in this particular moment – as we sadly see the great American empire shaken – that a once-in-a-century opportunity emerges [...]