Had my first visit to London Central Proper in three years and realised I’ve missed it. Many of my...
Rishi Sunak
“Pound rebounds: How have the markets reacted to Rishi Sunak becoming PM?”
Every single joke and witty aside that could be, has been made. So I thought that some idea of the...
“Our next prime minister is still far from obvious”
The final choice, of course, will be down to the 0.3% of the population who comprise the Party...
“More than a fifth of top earning bankers have non-dom status says major new study”
#TaxtheRich pops up all over Twitter and the internet. Sounds easy, but actually no easier than...
“OBR warns of big fall in living standards”
The OBR, the Office of Budget Responsibility, is stuffed full of economists. The good news, if...
“Tax cuts fail to save lacklustre Spring Statement”
Maybe it’s all down to presentation, but no-one seems to have thought much of Rishi’s ‘moment to...
“Sunak urges finance sector to seize Brexit dividend”
It is true that many of the more box-ticking rules by which we hard-done-by souls in financial...
“Rishi Sunak to save billions by counting IMF cash as aid for poor”
I can just hear conversations amongst the older generations of my childhood: 'Charity begins at...
“Sunak faces the brutal maths of electric vehicles”
Of course, the tax breaks for electric cars are pretty good, which is why there are too many EVs...
“Stealth taxes show Rishi is a savvy operator”
Most radio and TV chatter focused on what wasn’t in the Budget. Nothing on social care, no extra...
“UK borrows £34bn in December as public sector debt set to increase through 2021”
All our fears of tax rises and decades of austerity could, of course, be completely unfounded....
“Sunak shuns wealth tax with CGT hike considered”
It’s Budget Day on 3rd March, and, as always, various ideas are trailed/run up the flagpole/ along...
“Sunak’s Spending Review ‘sobering’ as Covid-19 leaves ‘scars’ on UK economy”
Why does anything described as ‘sobering’ make us want to immediately reach for a glass of wine?...
“CGT: Rate should double, says government review”
With the amount of noise there’s been about it, I’d say a big overhaul of CGT is pretty much a...
“Sunak pledges to ‘balance the books’ after Covid”
Here’s one we haven’t heard before from a chancellor. Rishi says he has ‘a sacred responsibility’...