We shouldn’t be surprised when MPs crumble. We reward them so little July 8, 2025 Underpaid, constantly scrutinised and often humiliated, we shouldn't be surprised when our MPs fail us, writes Kiki McDonough.
There’s more to philanthropy than writing cheques July 8, 2025 Giving time, expertise and leadership is just as important as money when it comes to tackling society’s most pressing challenges, says Professor Geeta Nargund Today, the Giving and Impact Summit returns to the London Stock Exchange, bringing together the philanthropic, wealth management and business communities to celebrate giving, explore new ideas and encourage a stronger [...]
Could Whatsapp become the West’s first superapp? July 8, 2025 Could Whatsapp become the West's first superapp? Its recent integration of business services suggests it wants to be, writes Paul Armstrong.
Labour voters are suffering from buyers’ remorse July 8, 2025 32 per cent of those who voted Labour in 2024 say that they regret voting the way that they did at the last General Election, compared to just 15 per cent of all voters, according to the latest Morning Wire/Freshwater Strategy Poll, says Matthew Lesh Even the Chancellor’s harshest critics must have felt a flicker [...]
Labour go on about Liz Truss but are repeating all Rishi Sunak’s mistakes July 8, 2025 Too many in Labour congratulate themselves for rescuing the country from Liz Truss, forgetting that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt did most of the work. No wonder backbenchers are angry about a policy platform that’s barely distinct form their Tory predecessors, says Will Cooling There’s no shortage of things that have gone wrong with the [...]
If you think it’s bad for Henry on £100k, spare a thought for his Gen Z brother July 8, 2025 Life may be tough if you’re a High Earner, Not Rich Yet – but at least Henry has hope. His younger counterpart Nick, 30, has only known bad times and he’s fuelling the rise of populist parties, says William Atkinson Last week, Eliza Filby profiled the plight of the Henry: a High Earner, Not Rich [...]
A wealth tax would be a disaster – and an admission of total failure July 8, 2025 Why wouldn’t Downing Street rule out a wealth tax? It isn’t difficult, you just say “we will not introduce a wealth tax” and the show moves on. Instead, when asked about the growing clamour in Labour circles for new tax aimed squarely at the well-off, Downing Street’s spokesperson simply talked about the need for “the [...]
What’s so bad about a wealth tax? July 7, 2025 That "millionaires don't need all that money" misses the point. Wealth taxes hurt us all, writes Callum Price.
I’m the only disabled director in the FTSE 100 – these are three questions every CEO must ask July 7, 2025 In most organisations 15-20 per cent of employees will classify as disabled, they just aren’t telling you who they are, says Sara Weller As the only FTSE 100 director who has openly declared having a disability, I am convinced about the opportunity to drive strong commercial and social outcomes, in parallel, by greater inclusion of [...]
20 years on from 7/7 London proves terrorists will never win July 7, 2025 20 years ago today, 52 people died in a devastating series of bombings on London’s transport infrastructure. Throughout the following decades and subsequent attacks, London has remained undaunted, says Eliot Wilson It was 8.49 am on Thursday 7 July 2005. The weather was unremarkable, edging towards 15℃, the skies partly cloudy. None of that was [...]