Let them join AGMs! Retail investors shouldn’t be stuck on the sidelines forever August 22, 2023 The tide is turning. For decades, influence over large company decision-making has been dominated by a handful of institutional investors. But recently, the number of everyday people who trade for themselves in small quantities – retail investors – has been steadily growing. Fuelled by the availability of DIY investing apps, the percentage of UK shares [...]
Bring WhatsApp out of the dark and make MPs messages part of the lobbying register August 22, 2023 Successive lobbying scandals have eaten away at our faith in our politics and elections, all messages whether that be on WhatsApp or by owl-post, should be subject to lobbying rules, writes Alastair McCapra. After a seemingly never-ending string of scandals, lobbying is back on MPs’ agendas with both the government and the opposition proposing measures [...]
What a day out in Whitstable tells us about our water companies August 21, 2023 Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. To be fair to the water companies, they continue to provide us with drinkable stuff out of the tap. Unfortunately it’s everything else they’re failing at. Over the weekend, a City A.M. reporter took a trip to Whitstable for a sunny(ish) weekend break. The beach was [...]
The Tories won’t redesign the NHS but they could get rid of the bottlenecks August 21, 2023 We have long since past the point where we will fundamentally change a free-at-point-of-care system, but the Conservatives can deal with the bottlenecks, writes Eliot Wilson.
Take back control? We need to repurpose the slogan for climate change and green jobs August 21, 2023 Even the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said "climate change is out of control" - we need to take it back, writes Chris Hayward.
Immigrants sending money home to their families is a sign of an inclusive economy August 21, 2023 Immigrants working in London and other parts of the country have a right to send money back to their families - and remittances are actually good for our economy, writes Ben Ramanauskas
Explainer: Ukraine is one step closer to getting F-16 fighter jets August 18, 2023 After another week of violence and raid attacks, Ukraine finally received some positive news. The US finally showed a strong sense of urgency around sending F-16 fighter jets from Washington, after months of stalling. Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, reached out to his counterparts in the Netherlands and Denmark to reiterate that Ukraine [...]
Australia’s blocking of Qatar airways is a parable in anti-competitive intervention August 18, 2023 With such strong demand for travel to Australia, extra Qatar airways flights would mean more competition and a dent in Qantas’ record profits - something the Australian government wants to block.
The Conservatives can’t keep protecting the pensions triple lock at all costs August 18, 2023 For years, the Conservatives have refused to budge on the pensions triple lock, even as the cost of it threatens to blow out to £147bn, writes Adam Hawksbee.
Want a lower interest rate on your mortgage? Make it green and retrofit your home August 18, 2023 Retrofitting our homes and making them energy efficient is the big housing challenge of the future. New ways of financing it are emerging, like green mortgages, writes Emma Harvey-Smith