It’s not the rich who fill the gaps when non-doms leave Britain – it’s you July 30, 2025 16,000 high-net-worth individuals are set to leave Britain this year, taking with them jobs, investment and growth. Here’s how we win them back… We talk a lot about wealth in Britain. We just don’t talk enough about what happens when it walks out the door. Because it’s happening. And faster than anyone wants to admit. [...]
You can’t fix homelessness without building homes July 29, 2025 Housing First pilot schemes across Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham have proven to work, taking 1,000 people off the streets. Now the government must roll it out nationwide, says Steve Morgan As far as housing is concerned, I didn’t have the easiest start in life. Growing up I lived in nine different houses before the age [...]
London must prepare for new climate extremes July 29, 2025 Floods, extreme temperatures, wildfires… the new London Plan must not treat planning for freak weather as an optional extra, says Emma Howard Boyd London and New York are officially the world’s most globally connected cities. Not only are both classed as ‘supercities’ but they are also the world’s only combined financial, commercial and cultural superhubs, [...]
Historic Blackpool pier sale spells more trouble for seaside town July 22, 2025 One of the oldest piers in the UK has been put up for sale in a latest blow to Blackpool’s tourism industry. The Blackpool Pier Company has said it’s made the decision to offload the North Pier in the seaside town “with a heavy heart”. The North Pier is the sixth-oldest of its type still [...]
What WeTransfer’s terms of service backtrack tells us about AI, data, and digital trust July 19, 2025 Earlier this week, Dutch file-sharing platform WeTransfer found itself in the crosshairs of an increasingly familiar story: AI ambition colliding with user trust. A subtle but potent tweak to its ‘terms of service’ – a clause suggesting user files might be used to “improve performance of machine learning models” -triggered feelings of unease through its [...]
Sticky inflation takes shine off Reeves’ week July 17, 2025 If the Chancellor was hoping to bask in the glow of supportive front-page coverage the morning after her Mansion House speech, she would have been disappointed. The spectacular revelations of Whitehall’s hushed-up cock-up over Afghan refugees knocked her off the top of the news agenda pretty much across the board. Only City AM gave her [...]
The British state has become a Ponzi scheme paid for by the young July 16, 2025 Flatlining wages, soaring house prices and high childcare costs have broken the social contract: the unspoken understanding that if you worked hard and did the right thing, Britain would reward you, say Simon Clarke and Phoebe Arslanagic-Little Last week, the OBR set out the sheer, mind-blowing extent of Britain’s fiscal risks. Foremost among them is [...]
Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes are driving wealthy overseas investors to flee London July 14, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes have had the “feared impact” of driving wealthy overseas investors to flee London to escape double taxation of their worldwide income, the company behind The Shard has said. Real Estate Management (UK), which is ultimately owned by the State of Qatar, has revealed the exodus has resulted in it being [...]
What the City needs from Rachel Reeves’s Mansion House speech July 14, 2025 Ahead of Rachel Reeves's Mansion House speech, Lord Mayor Alastair King outlines what the City needs to hear from the Chancellor.
Not on the High Street slashes jobs as losses widen July 9, 2025 Not on the High Street has continued to slash jobs in a bid to stem its widening losses amid falling sales. The Bristol-headquartered business cut its headcount in March this year having also shed 70 members of staff in the year to 31 March, 2024. The update has been revealed in newly filed accounts with [...]