Explainer: A year of levelling up, in Gove’s style February 2, 2023 I know it’s hard to believe, but it has been a whole year since we were privileged enough to read Michael Gove’s magnum opus on “levelling up”, complete with his adoration of Renaissance Florence. You might think the anniversary of the White Paper is uninteresting to few people outside some policy nerds and civil servants, [...]
Crypto evangelicals and the collapse of FTX are the reason we need to regulate February 2, 2023 You only have to look back as far as last year where we saw the high-profile collapse of the crypto exchange FTX, or indeed the collapse of the supposed stablecoin Terra (Luna).
The Square Mile and Me: Lloyd’s of London’s Dawn Miller on her favourite City spots February 2, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. This week, Lloyd’s of London’s Commercial Director Dawn Miller tells us why she’s never too far from the market… WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? My first internship was for my state representative from Georgia when I was in University. He was a former [...]
Sunak needs to stop fighting over tax and spend and overhaul the system February 2, 2023 The calls for tax cuts are ceaseless, even in the face of evidence they won’t help us to growth, Rishi Sunak needs to stop arguing over whether or not we can afford them, and start stripping back taxation as a whole, writes Will Cooling
Christmas sales were a moment of reprieve as high streets play whac-a-mole February 2, 2023 Even the biggest retailers were severely dented by the pandemic, strikes, inflation and rising energy costs. It might be a game of whac-a-mole, but the high street is ready for another year, writes Richard Curry.
If scammers exploit ChatGPT for fraud, our response to digital crime must also use AI February 2, 2023 Criminals online are using Artificial Intelligence like ChatGPT to steal our money. If they exploit AI, so must we in our response and defence, writes Martin Rehak
Explainer: Among rail and school strikes, how supportive is the public? February 1, 2023 Today is both the first day of a new month and the first day of a new string of cumulative strikes that will go on for much of February. Rail workers, teachers, airport and university staff and the civil service are on the picket line today. It’s been months since industrial action started its resurrection [...]
PMQs sketch: Starmer’s speechwriters on strike February 1, 2023 Train drivers, teachers, civil servants and apparently Keir Starmer’s speechwriters are on strike today. It’s the only explanation for the Labour leader trying yet again to get a non-answer out of Rishi Sunak about when he knew Nadhim Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC. Trying to point out that Sunak probably did know the thing [...]
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on strikes, why public markets matter and the Lehman Trilogy February 1, 2023 When my old friend James Ashton (former City Editor of the – ahem – Evening Standard) told me a few weeks ago that he had become CEO of the Quoted Companies Alliance, I felt like sending him my St Jude pendant, for the patron saint of lost causes. For the quoted company sector has been [...]
Tech Nation’s fall must not mean the end of UK’s global talent visa February 1, 2023 The future of Britain’s global talent visa – otherwise known as the tech visa – is in doubt after the winding down of Tech Nation. It shouldn’t be. One of the successes of Britain’s transition out of the European Union has been the professional side of the immigration system. The transition for those seeking ‘settled [...]