I noted an article by Frances Ryan in the Guardian yesterday in which she referred to a YouGov survey that sought opinion from people in
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Why has government funding for renewables run into a brick wall?
As the FT notes this morning: Swedish developer Vattenfall spent years developing plans for almost 140 turbines across a 725km-squared patch [of the North Sea
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The House of Lords really does not need Mark Littlewood
I have, for well over a decade, met Mark Littlewood, the director of the Institute for Economic Affairs, on a regular basis. That is because
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Older age is for those relentlessly pursuing a better life for those to come
I noted with interest this morning an article on Chrissie Hynde reported in the Guardian today that reported that (having cut out extraneous words): Hynde, at
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The trolls are out on tax reform – and that will not stop me promoting it
A wave of trolling hit the blog yesterday. It was easy to work out why. My suggestion for the reform of tax relief on ISA
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Will the Bank of England continue with its policy of creating financial mayhem tomorrow?
It is widely expected that the Bank of England will increase its base rate for the fourteenth time since 2021 when it meets tomorrow. Whether
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ISAs have a role in UK savings, but the creation of ISA millionaires was not one of them
As The Independent reports: The number of “Isa millionaires” has surged to more than 4,000, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) figures. Some 4,070 savers were sitting on
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The present is unsustainable. Oil and banking have made it so. Something is going to have to change.
The Bank of England meets this week to consider raising interest rates, yet again. The consensus of opinion is that they will do so by
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The unbanked – and what to do about the problem
If the media was to be believed, the fact that there are people without access to bank accounts in the UK has only just been
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