According to the Guardian Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England thinks that the ‘UK housing market has ‘deep, deep structural problems’, and
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Andrew Rawnsley wrote a column in the Observer yesterday under the title ‘Euro and local elections: the Stay At Home party will win a landslide
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The FT sent this headline out in an email today: Note the implicit assumption: as long as nothing changes it’s all right and let’s carry
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I noted something curious in yesterday’s new wealth statistics from the ONS. Chapter 2 of their report says that in 2008/10 there was a UK
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There has been much discussion of the new ONS report on wealth in the UK issued yesterday. As the Guardian has noted one key finding
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I watched a young person, formerly a member of UKIP, on Channel 4 last night as she explained she had let her membership lapse as
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I have been sent an email issued by Caffe Nero to a concerned commentator regarding their tax affairs. Caffe Nero said: Over the last few
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I had an email from an old friend this morning who said: I’m increasingly disillusioned with politicians, why are there no statesmen anymore? That reminded
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I am well aware that I refer to Martin Wolf’s column in the FT quite often. I do so unapologetically: it is the best economics
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