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Hammering landlords with building safety rules, the Renters’ Rights Act and tax rises hampers new supply and drives up rents. But Britain’s hopeful TikTok prime minister could take a different direction in a bid to drive…
Labour market statistics can be pretty dry. Inactivity rates, nominal regular earnings growth, payroll numbers and claimant counts tend not, at first glance, to fire up the imagination. The data dumps are hoovered up by…
Who would turn up to that? Thirty minutes later, on board the one-of-a-kind La Commandant Charcot, I found myself weaving through hordes of book-clutching septagenarians, who absolutely would be paying for extra luggage…
The Prime Minister, during his campaign to become Makerfield MP, pledged to hike business rates on “out of town” warehouses to fund cuts for high street shops, but the Chancellor has since ruled out the plans. The boss…
Analysts have said the Office for Budget Responsibility could include an assessment of the spending pressures facing the government ahead of next year’s crucial Spending Review, where Healey will likely set out plans on…
Bond yields have soared over recent weeks, a classic sign that all is not well. Government deficits are rising higher and higher, but spending shows no signs of abating. Start your trial of MoneyWeek today Get…
In 2018, she described Saudi Arabia as a “murderous state” in a Commons debate on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. In 2022, she stood in the Commons wearing Newcastle colours to call the execution of 81 people in Saudi…
Britain’s fiscal watchdog is likely to sound the alarm on the spending pressures facing the government when it lays out its analysis of the Budget next week, economists have predicted, in what would be a significant move…
He said both companies had created special committees to explore a potential merger, but have not reached any agreement on terms of a transaction. "Both SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss this…
Speaking at the organisation’s Autumn Reception this evening, Newton-Smith is expected to say: “When London thrives, it creates jobs across the UK. The strength of London sustains supply chains, attracts investment and…