Starmer’s illiberal smoking restrictions are just the start August 29, 2024 Freedom cannot be entirely indexed to smoking, but an administration’s approach to tackling it says a lot about how they plan to govern, says Joseph Dinnage Imagine you and your colleagues have just finished a day of graft on the trading floor and you’re all looking to relax. What to do? You all rightly decide [...]
Spread power with words: Asian Dub Foundation interview August 29, 2024 In the wake of the riots, the Asian Dub Foundation shows us the political power of music. Guitarist Steve Chandra Savale speaks to Lucy Kenningham
Starmer can’t keep blaming everything on the Tories August 29, 2024 Starmer will soon find out that he can’t keep piously contrasting himself with the previous government while snatching benefits from pensioners, promoting party donors and paying off his pals in the trade unions, says William Atkinson The most important number for Keir Starmer’s government isn’t 411 seats he won, the £22bn black hole that Rachel [...]
Square Mile and Me: James Uffindell on building Bright Network August 29, 2024 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, James Uffindell, CEO of Bright Network, takes us through his career.
The Capitalist: City boys fight for £1k Oasis tickets as corporate demand explodes August 29, 2024 Oasis tickets look set to be the hottest corporate perk next year, with firms already splashing out for packages, The Capitalist has learned.
When it comes to delivering growth, talk is cheap August 29, 2024 Keir Starmer might not have much in common with Liz Truss, but they both put the pursuit of economic growth at the heart of their plan for government.
The government is right to reject the EU’s plans for free movement by the backdoor August 29, 2024 The EU’s terms for reinstating a youth mobility scheme – from four-year visas to cut-price tuition fees – are utterly unreasonable, says Will Cooling Yesterday saw Sir Keir Starmer in Germany, where he tried to reinforce the positive impression he made on the global stage in the whirlwind days immediately after his election as Prime [...]
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Stakeholder August 29, 2024 Grab a stake and wield it jargon soldier, we're cracking down on corporate claptrap. This week, the insidious 'stakeholder'.
Millennials will be hit hardest by tax rises August 29, 2024 The generation that’s about to reach the most rewarding of years of their careers face spending their entire working lives earning less and paying more for worse public services, says John Oxley Few will have been cheered by Sir Keir Starmer’s speech this week. While Harold Macmillan might have told voters that they’d never had [...]
James Reed: My advice for the next generation? Forget grades and go for skills August 28, 2024 Some words of advice for today's youngsters? Don't worry about exam grades and focus on what the workforce actually needs, writes James Reed.