As the UK ambassador to the EU warns that a Brexit agreement could take a decade to reach, do we need a transitional deal? Iain Anderson, co-founder and executive chairman at Cicero Group, says Yes. When was the last time you jumped off a cliff? Never. Sounds like a very sound plan to me. As the UK looks to form new trading relationships with the EU and globally, it is vital that we don’t walk any economic plank. And [...]
Is the IFS right to warn that Britain will be up to £70bn worse off if it leaves the Single Market? Denis MacShane, former Europe minister, author of Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe and senior adviser at Avisa Partners, Brussels, says Yes. For centuries, the main purpose of British foreign policy was to gain access for British goods, services, and professions to other markets in the world. Britain currently has unfettered access to 500m mainly middle class consumers [...]
A year on from Northern Rock, what next for mortgages? The question of whether the government can rescue the mortgage market is now being asked by its own advisers, as if the mortgage market can be sorted out in some kind of a vacuum, detached from the rest of the banking sector. I can understand ministers want to stabilise house prices, and that making more [...]
