As The Guardian reported last night: The bosses of Britain’s “big five” retail banks have been summoned to a meeting with the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, this
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I note this chart of the oil price over the last year.  It comes from the invaluable Trading Economics website. It is correct to Last
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My old friend Prem Sikka, who now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Sikka, drew my attention yesterday to a couple of answers
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Banks are not your friend. They exist to exploit you, and they will whenever they can. This is the audio version: Banks want to keep
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Politicians and economic commentators are obsessing about the view that the cost of UK government borrowing is increasing as a consequence of the war in
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After a week in which I can fairly describe work as being hard because of the fatigue I felt last weekend, which it now turns
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The Bank of England meets on 19 March to decide on interest rates. Many commentators now say rates cannot fall because war in the Middle
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I recently recorded another Funding the Future podcast with John Christensen, with whom I have discussed tax justice and corruption for more than twenty-five years.
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As The Guardian noted yesterday: Rachel Reeves is under pressure to reassure MPs over the state of the UK’s public finances, amid concerns that the
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