I take this from the Daily Mail: In other words, by offering a miserly rate of interest the government is confirming it has no interest
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The Office for National Statistics issued this chart this morning: The key indicator is the second line down – the aggregate spending. In February 2021
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The Guardian reports this morning that: The British government has been accused of breaking international law for a second time by the European commission after
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The morning after the budget is always a moment of reckoning. For George Osborne it was when things usually began to unwind, badly. Do you
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The papers and the ‘usual’ commentators are in agreement that now is not the time to worry about debt. They’re also agree that there will
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Could the government make the new retail green bond sound any more uninspired if they tried? This is what the Budget document said: I am
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I would love to think that this country is heading for good times again. Today’s budget is not going to deliver that outcome. There are
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Rishi Sunak is to extend furlough. That’s already been announced as part of the budget. It is now likely to last until September. There are
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Chris Giles is continuing his obsession with interest rate increases in the FT today. In advance of the budget he has suggested that: Th[e]remarkable increase in
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