Economy
The poor old Bank of England
Independence for the Bank is not great, but it is better than the alternative
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The Celtic Tiger roars for real
Ireland’s is the fastest-growing economy in Europe. How has it managed this, and what can the UK learn?
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Food inflation: The government must step up to the plate
Voluntary price controls won’t solve crippling food inflation – only more money for the poorest will
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When Poland overtakes the UK
By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?
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The immigration figures are good news
Our economy needs young, energetic workers from abroad. The government’s inability to accept this fact is poisoning our politics
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Time to get tough on the water companies
The people who’ve polluted our national waterways are now asking for more money. Who are they kidding?
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Lobstergate: The unintended consequences of Britain’s Freeports
Once again, the government is failing to offer any answers for why fisheries are struggling
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Brexit has killed the British car industry
The government has no plan to save a vanishing sector
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The stealth tax ‘rise’ that will make us all poorer
By 2028, one in five of us will pay the higher rate - nearly four times more than in the early 1990s
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Why it must be bye-bye to help to buy
Instead of a sensible housing policy, the government is considering whether to restart George Osborne’s disastrous scheme
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Britain, the Brexit basket case
As food shopping gets more expensive across Europe, new checks will make things even worse here
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A simple truth is being missed: wages must rise or our economies will fall
A major rethink is needed to reverse years of vast geopolitical insecurity
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Is another Greek slump on the way?
After austerity was followed by stability and positivity, the country’s elusive search for sustainable growth is stalling
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Tinfoil helmet Brexiteering
Claims that Remainers are lying about the true cost of leaving the EU are more ridiculous than ever
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Rishi Sunak stays tight-lipped over Infosys
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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We’ve no chance of becoming the new Silicon Valley and the Tories know it
Britain needs innovation. For that to happen, people need to believe it is a country with a future, not just a past
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Why is UK inflation so much worse than in Europe and the US?
Brexit pressures, from a devalued pound to a worker shortage, are to blame
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Jeremy Hunt’s plan to cut inheritance tax is a disaster
It will win votes from the well-off but lose huge amounts of tax revenue he could have used to help the poor
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Liz Truss was wrong about everything… except the irresponsible OBR
If the OBR were obliged to model a range of outcomes it would be far more constructive and could, finally, hand political responsibility back to the politicians
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Xi Jinping’s alternative world vision
China is trying to re-shape globalisation to its own ends. What does Beijing want – and what does it need?
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How Super Mario stored up trouble for the Eurozone
Draghi promised to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the single currency, but high interest rates have damaged his legacy
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Should we be worried about how safe our banks are?
We’ve supposedly built a better system, yet are there still collapses
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The outlook is better, but Britain is still bottom of the economic class
The new IMF forecasts contain little for Brexiteers to be cheerful about
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The Tories’ future is rejoin
The Conservatives exist only in order to win elections – they will soon twig that one path to doing that involves dumping Brexit
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Gibraltar’s Brexit limbo
Despite voting Remain, the Rock is now outside the EU – and it has “no deal”. Might Spain be about to “take back control”?
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The wannabe Nigel Lawsons have wrecked our economy
His successors as chancellor believe they can deliver tax cuts like his when they are no longer sustainable
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Does Sunak’s new trade deal really mean we can never rejoin the EU? Of course not
Linking up with Indo-Pacific countries won’t live up to the Brexiteers’ wild claims
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Britain is falling behind, thanks to Brexit
Britain led the first industrial revolution, but Europe will lead the next
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Where are the pension rights for 1950s-born women?
We won't beg. It's time for the government to acknowledge women's due - and pay it
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Brexit has ruined everything, everywhere, all at once
Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe
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Banking is too risky to be left to bankers
Credit Suisse had been doing business for 167 years – how did it vanish so quickly? And, are we heading for a 2008-style meltdown?
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The problem of confidence
Another bank has collapsed, which shows once more that we have a global economy but local regulation