Westminster News

The Chancellor is calling for ideas on what new fiscal rules should be applied to the UK economy as it seeks to recover from the pandemic shock. One of the...

The President of the Commission has supported Italy in banning exports of the Astra vaccine to Australia and said she will approve more of the same if she...

The government is launching a £4.8bn Levelling up Fund. Councils and Transport Authorities can bid for money to help pay for projects that can boost jobs...

The government on 25th November announced a pay pause for the public sector for 2021-22, excluding the NHS. The eight Pay review Boards that make independent...

The government is right to spend substantially to offset the lockdowns and other anti pandemic measures, all the time they stop people working or prevent...

As expected the OBR cut their forecast of borrowing in the year to March 2021. They have lopped £39bn off the total compared to the November forecast and may...

Let me have another go at explaining why I think we should be more worried about the balance of payments deficit than about the state deficit which seems to...

There have been many mini budgets over the last year. Never have the official figures for the outlook changed so drastically so rapidly, as forecasters rushed...

The UK government’s decision to announce an end to diesel and petrol car production by the end of this decade is speeding up the need for many decisions about...