The Office for Budget Responsibility made a presentation on the financial risks facing the UK yesterday: The OBR considered health care issues as a cause
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Greensill was offered ‘streamlined’ accreditation as a government approved lender
The National Audit Office has published its review into the British Business Bank’s accreditation of Greensill Capital this morning. As it says: Our review shows
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The ten pillars of fascist politics
For the RNLI to save the life of an asylum seeker at peril at sea could be a criminal offence carrying a life sentence in the future
Priti Patel posted this on Twitter last night: https://twitter.com/pritipatel/status/1412425971395878922?s=20 I did some research on the Bill. Amongst the reading was this from Free Movement: As
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The unlocking of Covid restrictions is likely to crash the economy this summer
I have, ever since this pandemic began, been saying that the eventual reopening of business when lockdowns ended would always be harder than the lockdown
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Most people in the UK strongly support mask wearing, but the government is creating dissent and division on this issue. Is that because chaos is its mechanism for control?
I know all the limitations with opinion polls, but they have some uses. This from YouGov is fascinating: The majority of Britons say face masks
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I will wear a mask, not least as a protest about the callous indifference of this government
However it is looked at, yesterday’s announcement by the government that all Covid restrictions in England are to be lifted was historic. With case numbers
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How large companies can manufacture profits to permit dividend payments
I have noted in earlier blogs that new research that I have been involved in, with colleagues, has shown that at least 20% of FTSE
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New research shows that FTSE companies are over paying dividends and under-emphasising making profit, whilst exposing investors to higher levels of risk than they appreciate
The report that I have worked on for some time with colleagues Prof Adam Leaver of Sheffield University and Prof Colin Hassan and Dr Nick
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