Pragmatism was the order of the day at Conservative Party conference today – especially from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, … Continue reading “Hammond ditches the good bits, and keeps the bad bits of ‘Osbornomics’”

I once asked one of Margaret Thatcher’s senior advisers whether her governments had been “too obsessed with economics”. “Economics,” he … Continue reading “The four huge economic challenges that will define the coming years”

There are still 23 days to go, and the signs are bleak. Astonishingly, the rest of this election campaign could … Continue reading “On tax and spending, the voters are right: Our politicians are all the same”

The Autumn Statement showed that George Osborne has failed to grasp the gravity of the economic crisis facing the UK. … Continue reading “Osborne looked to special interests, not the UK’s perilous state”