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Mr Sunak asks us “Do we confront this moment with honesty ,seriousness and determination, or do we tell ourselves comforting fairy tales that might make us feel...

1. Controlling inflation We have a fast inflation now thanks to a reckless monetary policy 2020-21. The Chancellor was wrong to authorise the last £150bn of...

Most Prime Ministers are removed directly or indirectly by General elections and referendums. In the post war Conservative party only two Prime Ministers have...

It is difficult to know if the interim government will feel it can do things. Constitutionally of course it can, as it is still formed from the same...

You might have thought official forecasters would have given up trying to prove their wildly pessimistic forecasts about Brexit had a point. After all they said...

Taxpayers pay good money to have an “independent” civil service body to evaluate U.K. economic policy and supply forecasts of what that policy will deliver. In...

We read the government is thinking of fifty year cross generational mortgages to help people buy a home. They also need to look at supply/demand balances. Most...

Worldwide advanced country governments are committed to the road to net zero by 2050. Their plan at Glasgow COP 26 was to speed progress. The sudden invasion of...

History shows us that Treasury and Bank advice for the last fifty years has been poor, or in some cases Treasury advisers failed to prevent Chancellors making...