Nato’s birthday celebrations were marred by a row between two of the guests, Presidents Macron and Trump, over both the health of the military alliance and France’s decision to...
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Why tinkering with corporation tax is a bad idea
Boris Johnson’s decision to postpone next year’s planned cut in corporation tax is risky – both as a piece of politics and as economics. If anyone can sell it, I suspect that he...
Political Insider
Labour’s 4-day week plan won’t work
John McDonnell has promised that a Labour government would reduce the average full-time working week to 32 hours within a decade, with no loss of pay. This would allow many...
Political Insider
Sajid Javid is right – tinkering with stamp duty will not solve the housing crisis
Newspaper headlines over the weekend had suggested that the new Chancellor, Sajid Javid, was planning to switch the liability for stamp duty from house buyers to...
The Economist
More borrowing, lower taxes? A plan for Rishi Sunak at the Treasury
As the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury (CST), Rishi Sunak has one of the toughest jobs in government. The CST’s main responsibility is the control of public...
Political Insider
A US-UK trade deal could be just the tonic the NHS needs
President Trump’s visit has been the excuse for another burst of scaremongering about what a US-UK trade deal might mean for the NHS. You might expect dire warnings about...