Keir Starmer has appointed Sue Gray as envoy to the nations and regions after her resignation as his chief of staff. What does that mean?
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As readers of this blog will know, I don’t really think there is such a thing as the UK national debt. What the government actually
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies issued a new report on the reform of capital gains tax yesterday, some parts of which are welcome. Firstly, they
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The idea that government surpluses are good because they create piles of cash waiting to be spent in the event of a national emergency is
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I think I should share this view on carbon capture and storage. It is not for those offended by swearing, even when. it is used
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I noted Sue Gray’s resignation yesterday, with good reason. What I did not note was the fact that, as a consequence, she was appointed to
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The Guardian has just posted that: Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and will take on a new
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It is not very often that I will praise French President Macron in this blog, but as the BBC has reported: French President Emmanuel Macron
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As the FT has reported: Rachel Reeves has vowed to “invest, invest, invest” as she prepares to ramp up borrowing to fund a multibillion-pound capital
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