Britain can’t afford to pay the doctors’ Danegeld July 10, 2025 Continued strike action is unsustainable and unfair to taxpayers and patients, given the UK’s financial constraints, ballooning pension liabilities, and already generous public investment in their training and benefits, says Maxwell Marlow To borrow from the great Dane, Hamlet, something is very rotten in the state of England. As I set about thinking up policies [...]
Week in Business: The tragedy of Labour’s tax addiction July 10, 2025 From the housing market to the stock exchange, some taxes need to be reformed or reduced - but this government only wants to hike rates.
What Wimbledon taught me about winning in business July 10, 2025 Tennis’s unique scoring system mirrors the nonlinear, probabilistic nature of start-ups and life, where success hinges not on winning every point, but on succeeding when it really matters, says Lewis Liu I am obsessed with tennis. I try to play every day. My wife says I’m grumpy if I miss a day. During Wimbledon, it’s [...]
Amex Global Business Travel boss: ‘London must feel safe if we want professionals to keep coming’ July 10, 2025 If London is to remain a top destination for professionals, it needs to feel safe, AMEX Global Business Travel boss Andrew Crawley says.
Labour’s tax addiction will end in tears July 10, 2025 It is now pretty much universally accepted that the government will launch a fresh tax raid in October’s budget. City economists expect the Treasury to be on the hunt for between £10bn and £20bn of additional revenue, though given the expensive u-turns on winter fuel payments and welfare reform combined with likely lower growth forecasts [...]
The Capitalist: Inside Tesco Clubcard’s 30th birthday rave July 10, 2025 Tesco opens a Soho nightclub, finance bros battle it out at The Lord Mayor's Cup, and a Lord's warm-up dinner; catch up on the latest gossip.
Here’s how failing TfL can restore confidence in our graffiti-riddled Tube July 10, 2025 Sky-high pay and bonuses, PR gaffes, and a failure to tackle graffiti and fare dodging suggest that TfL is losing touch with its customers, writes James Ford Last week was bad news week for Transport for London (TfL). Poor old Andy Lord, the beleaguered transport commissioner, started the week by explicitly denying that a lengthy [...]
I sold my business for £1.5bn – with great wealth comes great responsibility July 10, 2025 Those of us fortunate enough to thrive at the top must do more to support those struggling at the bottom, not out of guilt or obligation, but because it is the right thing to do and makes us richer in meaning, purpose and legacy, says John Caudwell This week I had the honour of speaking [...]
Something fiscal this way comes: Reeves haunted by ghosts of Truss and the OBR July 10, 2025 Haunted by the legacy of Truss and bound by the warnings of the OBR, Chancellor Rachel Reeves now faces a political and fiscal tragedy of her own, as internal rebellion and economic risks threaten her grip on stability, says Helen Thomas OBR, OBR, wherefore art thou OBR? The three letter acronym that oversees government finances [...]
Alarming OBR forecast is too optimistic – debt is set to be 647 per cent of GDP July 9, 2025 The OBR is being far too optimistic in its assumptions about productivity growth in the UK – meaning the scale of the country’s debt problem is even greater than it appears, says Ben Ramanauskas According to the OBR’s forecast, the National Debt is projected to be over 270 per cent of GDP by the 2070s. [...]