Jonty Bloom
04 November 2023
Britain’s scraps from the EU table
Post-Brexit Britain slides ever-further down the EU’s list of priorities
Read the full article02 November 2023
Why is Britain running out of eggs?
In 2022, Britain produced a billion fewer eggs than in 2019. The knock-on effects of that shortfall are huge
Read the full article01 November 2023
Inheritance tax is fair: scrapping it would benefit only the wealthiest
Only the richest 4% will pay it, but everyone seems to hate it. Now it is in the government’s sights
Read the full article30 October 2023
Britain needs to pay higher taxes
Want to know why? Just go abroad
Read the full article25 October 2023
Sunak celebrates his first year by lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses – and we’ll all pay for it
In trying to lure back financiers who left because of Brexit, the PM is opening Britain up to a new financial crisis
Read the full article24 October 2023
The government should blame itself for rising unemployment – instead it’s blaming the unemployed
Bad policies creating low growth are behind Britain’s poor job numbers, not feckless ex-workers
Read the full article21 October 2023
Replacing HS2 with empty promises
The high speed rail plan was cancelled with promises that new projects would replace it. As yet, there is no plan
Read the full article18 October 2023
We are running out of money
The latest analysis by the IFS makes for sobering reading
Read the full article18 October 2023
The death of the office
Covid permanently changed the way we work. Now the WFH revolution has hollowed out our cities
Read the full article13 October 2023
Expats are being locked out of their pensions – and Brexit is to blame
The Leave-supporting media is still reluctant to admit it damaged its own readers’ interests
Read the full article11 October 2023
Can Labour cure Britain’s industrial disease?
Manufacturers are crying out for a long-term strategy. The government won’t supply one. Can the Labour Party step in?
Read the full article09 October 2023
Can Rachel Reeves crack the economy’s biggest problem?
The shadow chancellor is winning rave reviews, but needs to tackle productivity
Read the full article05 October 2023
The Mail and Express are wrong to say the Bank of England governor now backs Brexit
An interview with Andrew Bailey makes clear the extra burden leaving the EU has put on the Bank and Britain’s economy
Read the full article03 October 2023
Keir Starmer’s trade trap
No, renegotiating with the EU won’t bring a swift end to red tape – and Labour should not pretend it will
Read the full article02 October 2023
The gift that keeps on giving
Brexit does have benefits – but not for any of us
Read the full article01 October 2023
The truth about tax: It’s going to keep rising and there’s nothing we can do about it
After years of Tory gaslighting, Britain needs to come to terms with reality
Read the full article30 September 2023
Sunak is a coward and his HS2 silence speaks volumes
The Tories are about to kill levelling up and the Northern Powerhouse - they just can’t admit it
Read the full article27 September 2023
The Tories are selling out British business
Voters have turned their backs on the government, and now industry is following suit
Read the full article23 September 2023
What Labour should say about Sunak’s cynical green u-turn
Keir Starmer can shut down the Tories’ grab for votes and humiliate the PM
Read the full article20 September 2023
Sunak’s green U-turn will do vast damage to our economy, just to win a few votes
Business is outraged at yet another new low for the Conservative Party
Read the full article20 September 2023
Our pensions are the tip of the iceberg
A disaster is coming: we aren’t saving enough for retirement, our state system is broken and our politicians are too scared to act
Read the full article18 September 2023
Delusional Liz Truss makes it clear that the Conservative civil war will never end
She wrecked the country in days, but the deranged Tory right will still give her ideas another go
Read the full article12 September 2023
The pension triple lock is bad politics that Britain can no longer afford
Part of George Osborne’s poisonous legacy, the money would be better targeted at poorer OAPs
Read the full article12 September 2023
Is Germany really doomed?
Brexiteers are looking at the country’s crisis with glee. But their schadenfreude might just be misplaced
Read the full article07 September 2023
Rejoining Horizon is a correction, not a triumph
Brexiteer Rishi Sunak should get no credit for this Brexit-inflicted farce
Read the full article06 September 2023
Liz Truss performed a public service – she showed just how dangerous the Tory right’s dreams are in practice
The former PM may have gone but the nonsense economics she inflicted on us are still cheered by some
Read the full article06 September 2023
Dirty water, dirty politics and dirty lies
Michael Gove tried to paint himself as a green Brexiteer. Now he’s giving builders a green light to pollute
Read the full article05 September 2023
This chilling report lays bare Britain’s problems – and the challenge for a Starmer government
Without extra growth, we are doomed to watch our institutions crumble
Read the full article03 September 2023
Britain has a serious housing crisis – but it’s not about the fall in sale prices
Housing associations can no longer afford to build, and that means misery for the lower-paid
Read the full article30 August 2023
Gove’s risible building policy shows the government are morally bankrupt
The smell of pollution is growing around a rotten regime
Read the full article30 August 2023
Last chance saloon: How Brexit is destroying the hospitality industry
Our pubs and restaurants can’t find enough employees, and the government is doing nothing about it
Read the full article24 August 2023
Winter is coming
Higher costs, higher interest rates, weak growth, war in Europe, China faltering – the only way out might be via a recession
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