As Vladimir Putin raises the stakes, he reveals a losing hand in Russia’s war on Ukraine September 30, 2022 From the start Putin has been playing a high stakes game of poker with a losing hand.
A true state energy supplier should bolster competition September 30, 2022 This week, Keir Starmer outlined a simple vision for the future of the British energy industry: a publicly owned energy company. It is a long way from the days of Tony Blair who moved the Labour party away from state ownership. The thorny question of state control has always been politically charged, but if delivered [...]
Letters: All eyes on the high streets September 30, 2022 [Re: Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, September 23] Retailers and the hospitality sector will be wondering whether the chancellor’s creation of more than 40 new “investment zones” in England does anything more than scratch the surface to revitalise the high street. The “factsheet” issued by the government confirms the zones will apparently be allowed to relax planning [...]
As Starmer dreams of Downing Street, beware of sweeping electoral reform September 29, 2022 Labour can finally start dreaming about being able to form a majority government at the next election. So it may seem odd timing for the party’s conference to endorse electoral reform for the first time in nearly a hundred years.
If we reform the City too fast, it will sow political angst against the financial recovery we need September 29, 2022 This long-term approach, with business and government cooperating to promote investment and productivity growth, has been dropped. Instead, we have “deregulation” with little strategic thought.
If Truss can get young people into work, she can win them September 29, 2022 Truss has a limited amount of time to prove her gamble will pay off and bring people onside.
Britain’s dentistry woes are creating a health tourism boom for Turkey September 28, 2022 In Turkey, the health tourism sector is making a quiet killing from Britain’s failure to provide affordable dentistry.
It’s not just taxes holding Britain back, we need to be as investment friendly as the US September 28, 2022 Last week we were told to expect a “mini budget”, which, ironically, introduced the largest tax cuts since 1972. It provided the clearest outline of how Liz Truss plans to deliver her target for 2.5 per cent economic growth. The tax cuts, predictably, stole the headlines, but other, more granular changes for entrepreneurs slipped under [...]
Low tax regimes only matter as much as their longevity September 28, 2022 Ireland, of course, is an oft-cited pin up for low corporation tax. But it is an aggressive policy several decades in the making. They have been rewarded, with tech giants setting up shop there.
Labour conference: Starmer finds his feet in a bid to look prime ministerial September 27, 2022 British people weren’t done with queuing today. They politely stood in line to enter the main hall at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to hear Keir Starmer’s speech. There was, in fact, a queue for the queue to see Starmer, a feat the opposition party might’ve only dreamed of this time last year. The [...]