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John Healey faces an impossible task at the coming Budget

Twelve billion pounds a month, £3 billion a week, or £420 million a day. If we divide the latest estimate of the size of the ‘black hole’ in the...

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Jaguar’s new electric car is a terrible mistake

At least it has dropped the bright pink. But in every other respect the new, all-electric Jaguar launched in New York yesterday was exactly the same...

07.10.2026 10

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Will tariffs stop China taking over Britain’s car market?

If you have your eye on a shiny new Jaecoo 7, affectionately known as the ‘Temu Range Rover’, or a BYD Sealion or an MG4 then you probably need...

05.10.2026 20

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The national debt is back with a vengeance

The national debt is back with a vengeance

The 5 percent barrier has long since been left behind. This week, the yield on 30-year American government bonds hit 5.6 percent, its highest level...

02.10.2026 30

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Burnham’s Rejoin speculation is going to tank the economy

It could be the Customs Union? It could be the Single Market? Or it could be rejoining completely. The Prime Minister Andy Burnham this morning set...

30.09.2026 30

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Will a return to shipbuilding really boost Britain’s economy?

We already know that Andy Burnham, with his talk of public ownership and ending ‘neoliberalism’, wants to take the county back to the 1970s. But...

28.09.2026 30

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High energy prices are crippling Britain

He is a tax exile, he lives in Monaco, and, perhaps worst of all, he supported Brexit. As Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the founder of the chemicals giant Ineos,...

23.09.2026 20

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Scott Bessent versus the world

It was the kind of line that Robert De Niro would deliver perfectly in a gangster epic. “I am the house now,” the United States Treasury Secretary...

15.09.2026 20

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Don’t bet against Nvidia – yet

Last night revealed another set of outstanding results from Nvidia. Its quarterly revenues were up by 105 per cent year-on-year, comfortably ahead of...

27.08.2026 30

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Andy Burnham has discovered the cost of nationalisation

The buses would run on time. The trains would be cheaper. And perhaps most of all, the water companies would start providing a far better service....

25.08.2026 20

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Warsh Derangement Syndrome will prove very expensive

One of the sub-plots of the last twenty years has been the growth of “derangement syndromes.” It started with Bush Derangement Syndrome at the...

25.08.2026 40

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Will Britain back down on the digital services tax?

The Trump White House has been complaining about Britain’s digital services tax for months. But now it is ramping up the pressure, calling on Andy...

18.08.2026 30

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America gets the AI boom. Europe gets the layoffs

The management consulting giant Accenture has laid off 11,000 people. The reason? It turns out that a smart chatbot can churn out meaningless waffle...

15.08.2026 30

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Can Mike Ashley save Harvey Nichols?

It would be easy to make fun of the takeover of Harvey Nichols by the Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley, this week. And yet, there is also an element...

14.08.2026 30

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A Burnham wealth tax looks inevitable

In the run-up to his elevation to prime minister, it would be safe to say that Andy Burnham did not have a great reputation among investors. Last year...

10.08.2026 30

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Burnham must resist the urge to tax banking profits

The cheaper bus fares will have to be paid for. So will the modest cut to electricity bills, along with the shelters to end rough sleeping. The new...

30.07.2026 30

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Fifa should be allowed to sell off the World Cup

It will bring in outside investors, open the doors to global money, enrich a handful of inside executives and, perhaps most outrageously of all, might...

29.07.2026 30

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The sale of Harvey Nichols is proof of London’s decline

Harvey Nichols used to be one of the most glamorous department stores in the world. But now the business has gone up for sale – and it looks as if...

28.07.2026 30

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There’s nothing stopping Gary Lineker from paying more tax

There are bus fares to pay for, a rates cut for the pubs, and of course extra shelters for the homeless. In the few days since he became prime...

23.07.2026 30

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Andy Burnham’s savings drive is doomed to failure

A pledge to end rough sleeping. A minor reduction to the VAT rate on electricity, and now a £2 cap on bus fares. We can all debate whether it really...

22.07.2026 40

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A wealth tax is bound to backfire on Andy Burnham

They might threaten to head for Monaco, the Bahamas, or even Dubai if the missiles stop flying overhead. But in the end they will always stay. Steve...

17.07.2026 30

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Is the US heading for another oil shock?

It won’t be anything on the scale of 1973, when President Nixon imposed year round daylight saving time to reduce electricity consumption as well as...

14.07.2026 30

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