“Our next prime minister is still far from obvious”

Jul 13, 2022 | In the news

The final choice, of course, will be down to the 0.3% of the population who comprise the Party membership. They, in previous years, favoured the likes of IDS and Michael Howard, so if you were of a particular persuasion, you could see a benefit in their choosing a guaranteed election-loser. It all, apparently, comes down to taxes in the end, less, more or more of the same and who has the biggest cuts. Which I’d say is likely to put Levelling Up out of the window with the former Levelling Up Minister. As far as your investments are concerned, anyone is better than no-one as it’s uncertainty that stock markets hate. And that’s just our stock market. Don’t think you’ll find any others are that bothered.

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“The working-from-home illusion fades”

“The working-from-home illusion fades”

Are workers working from home more or less productive than those catching the 7.02am to London Bridge every day? ‘Probably sitting at home in their bleedin’ jim-jams’, said someone recently of a less-than-helpful call centre employee, the assumption being that, were they surrounded by colleagues and with a manager cracking the whip, he or she would have sorted his energy bill more efficiently.