More news of Britain’s declining high street, with a Northumbria University study suggesting more than a quarter of Britain’s retail space has been abandoned since the 2008...
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The Economist
The real Brexit lesson from Dyson’s decision to build his cars in Singapore
Brexit-backing industrialist/engineer James Dyson has chosen to build his new electric car in Singapore. Naturally, the likes of Andrew Adonis and Alastair Campbell were quick to...
Political Insider
Do we get more Eurosceptic with age? That all depends…
It’s a truism that people get more conservative as they get older. A corollary of that is that older people tend to be more Eurosceptic – something emphatically borne out by the...
Political Insider
The Brexit migration report: one step forward, two steps back
After more than a year of waiting, the Migration Advisory Committee’s report on our post-Brexit immigration system is finally here. Its publication is timely, in the sense that...
The Analyst
What having a baby has taught me about GDP
Like many dads-to-be, I’ve been thinking about GDP a lot recently. The arrival of a new human means acquiring all sorts of stuff. I quietly grimaced on finding out we should...