Cracking down on law and order to win the next election March 27, 2023 Trust on crime preventions is the Conservatives’ to lose.
So you want to be a tech superpower? Put your money where your mouth is March 27, 2023 Last week, the Government published a roadmap for reaching tech superpower status by 2030. At the heart of this strategy must be addressing the funding gap which is impeding innovative businesses from scaling up and growing. Tech is an area where the UK already has so many competitive strengths not just in London but across [...]
In Broken Britain, we can hardly afford to be smug about a riot-plagued Paris March 27, 2023 People in France are taking to the streets, while in the UK we just complain about train strikes. But although we behave differently as societies, we are in a similar position to France, writes Eliot Wilson
We’re living with the impact of a decade of a Goldilocks approach to interest rates March 27, 2023 We are in an hangover era of monetary policy, recovering from a period when bad news was considered good news by investors. We must work to change that outlook, writes Charles White-Thomson
Explainer: The cost of transport in London is higher than any other major city March 24, 2023 If you live in London, you will have noticed public transport costs have gone up. And by quite a big chunk – from the 5th of March TfL fares went up by an average of 5.9 per cent. This makes the UK the country with the most expensive public transport in the world, according to [...]
A Tory dilemma: our workforce is weakest in Red Wall seats March 24, 2023 As the Conservatives look to fix the workforce, the Red Wall is wide open, writes Praful Nargund.
Chief execs can’t hide behind not knowing their carbon footprint anymore March 24, 2023 Short-term plans from CEOs only in the job for five years mean too many companies with “pledges” to go net zero are still digging their heads in the sand, writes Freddie Evans
Rising food prices surprised the Bank of England, but supermarkets saw it coming March 24, 2023 An unexpected rise in inflation and the price of food shows us not to take it for granted.
Central banks are right to raise rates, even with banking on the precipice of a crisis March 23, 2023 This morning Andrew Bailey and the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England rose interest rates to 4.25 per cent, even after the shock merger between Credit Suisse and UBS, and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, writes Jumana Saleheen Decisions from central banks over the last week demonstrate an ongoing effort to bring [...]
In London, we have no other option but to break up the Metropolitan Police March 23, 2023 The Metropolitan Police has had years to make things right - but it hasn't done it. It's time we admit we should reform it for good - and the best way is to break it up, writes Will Cooling