The FT has reported that: Mark Carney says it would be “foolish” to cut interest rates or expand quantitative easing in response to falling oil
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Tonight in Edinburgh
The Taxpayers’ Alliance in Cloud Cuckoo Land
I was amused to note the absurd suggestions the Taxpayers’ Alliance made to balance the government’s books in an advance copy of a policy document
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Does Jeremy Clarkson matter?
The BBC has suspended Jeremy Clarkson. No one is quite sure what he has done this time. And so why do I think it matters
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The untouchable
There will be a rabbit in the hat
The FT notes this morning that: George Osborne is looking at relaxing the Treasury’s assumption of deep austerity over the next five years in next week’s
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Margaret Hodge, the PAC and HSBC: questions needing answering
I have just spent over two hours watching Margaret Hodge and the Public Accounts Committee questioning Stuart Gulliver, Chris Meares and Rona Fairhead of HSBC.
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Lib Dems, tax and the election
I have just seen an email from a Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate that feels as if it has official sanction. It says: Liberal Democrats
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Still too big to fail, and still too small minded to understand
According to the FT: The Treasury will on Monday be accused of failing to learn the lessons of the financial crisis, with senior MPs claiming
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