‘If it isn’t hurting, it isn’t working’ said another Tory Chancellor, Norman Lamont, at the height...
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“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...