When we designed our house 25 years ago, we explained to our architect that we wanted eight double power sockets in the kitchen. Which turned…
When we designed our house 25 years ago, we explained to our architect that we wanted eight double power sockets in the kitchen. Which turned…
Most of us believe that the present recession will end. They always have done in the past. It will be a longer-than-usual process. Which means…
It’s pretty uncontroversial to observe that we are living in a time of rising extremism, irrationality, polarisation and anger (pick your combination). In their brilliant…
The UK could play a leading role in rebuilding the lives of the people of Ukraine by formulating a plan that helped clear legal pathways…
The climate action NGO WRAP has today published the annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors. The publication comes with a stark…
Liz Truss had promised the review of the Bank of England’s (BoE) independence in monetary policy decisions during her Conservative Party leadership contest in August…
The UK economy is in dire shape. During the first quarter of 2022 we sustained an overall balance of payments deficit of over £50bn, almost…
In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced an overhaul of important aspects of insurance regulation known as Solvency II rules. Insurance industry lobbyists claim…
Budget days are hard core politics wrapped in economics. They are the embodiment of that important but now less used term – our political economy….
In a recent New York Times column, Paul Krugman argues that the core elements of inflation are not only groceries and gasoline, but also housing. Indeed,…
You don’t have to look too far right now to find talk of crisis, whether it is the cost of living, the state of national…