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“Who will benefit from the chancellor’s NI cuts?”
I doubt this will come up in many pub quizzes, but the answer is employees, and the self-employed...
“Hunt’s national insurance cut: robbing Peter to pay Paul?”
Taking a bullet for you all and the greater good, I’ve listened to Autumn Statement Reaction...
“Will 2023 escape the much-feared recession?”
Is recession just a state of mind? Well partly, as it all depends where you are, what you’re doing...
“Jeremy Hunt ‘comfortable’ with recession to bring down inflation”
‘If it isn’t hurting, it isn’t working’ said another Tory Chancellor, Norman Lamont, at the height...
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in...
“Business leaders call for stability after PM’s resignation”
When I heard the Fiscal-Event-Mini-Budget announcements (which were, I thought, just that, and no...
“Autumn Budget 2021: Financial services industry reacts”
‘At least bankers on short-haul flights sipping champagne will be celebrating this Budget’ said...
“MPs challenge LV= chairman on Bain deal remuneration”
I suspect the chairman of LV= (formerly Liverpool Victoria, another mad branding decision) wants...
Making a difference?
Ex-MP Rory Stewart was talking about why he came into and left politics. He travelled in...
“Boris Johnson’s Covid Shambles”
I’m a sucker for a political memoir. I’m currently with Ken Clark, having this year read Alistair...