The news this morning can be summarised in one word, which is ‘staggering’. Rishi Sunak staggers on as prime minister. He won the vote on
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Working people have the right to expect above inflation pay rises.
I have noticed paranoia on wage rises a d their impact inflation reaching the media this morning. The Resolution Foundation would appear to wish to
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The Covid whitewash
I had high hopes for the Covid inquiry. They have dissipated. Yesterday was, in a very real sense, the final straw. Rishi Sunak presented patently
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Sunak is going for the title of worst Tory leader this century
These three headlines paper next to each other in an FT newsletter this morning: How did we reach such depths? What is seemingly certain is
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It feels like some people are driving the world towards insanity, and no one is sure how to stop them
Politics is in a very surreal and dangerous place this morning. Here in the UK, Rishi Sunak is desperately trying to muster support for his
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Sunak and the dog’s dinner
As everyone knows, the UK has no written constitution. It has a dog’s dinner of convention instead. One such convention is that we have a
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When will interest rates start to fall?
As the FT noted yesterday: Investors are right. It is time that the central banks of the world – including the Bank of England –
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HMRC now know how much international tax they’re not being paid
The Guardian reports this morning that: US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in the UK last year, HM Revenue & Customs believes, according to a
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The questions Sunak has to answer today
There are, I think, four key strands of questioning for Rishi Sunak when he appears before the Covid inquiry today. These questions have to be
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