The Debate: Should we go back to buying gold? March 19, 2025 As gold prices reach record high, is it time to start investing in the yellow metal? Two experts hash it out in this week's Debate.
Labour is targeting the disabled not because it’s hard, but because it’s easy March 19, 2025 Labour's cut to disability benefits is not the mark of a government making "tough decisions", but desperate ones, writes Will Cooling.
Asda’s confident new boss is a boon for shoppers, and a threat to rivals March 19, 2025 Asda's bold new boss may have spooked rivals, but shoppers will come out on top, writes Susannah Streeter in today's Notebook.
Abolishing NHS England was a good start – now tackle the rest of the quangos March 19, 2025 The abolition of NHS England sets a welcome precedent, but unless we get rid of the laws and regulations that spawned these quangos in the first place, nothing will change, says John O’Connell Nothing ever changes. How many times have you heard that phrase when talking about the state of the nation with friends and [...]
The bond markets must not be allowed block defence spending March 19, 2025 The Germans are funding increased defence spending through debt so why can’t we? The Chancellor needs to start telling a better story about the future direction of our economy, says Paul Ormerod President Trump wants European countries to spend five per cent of GDP on defence. Kier Starmer plans to increase UK spending from 2.3 [...]
It’ll take more than a White House PR stunt to turn Tesla around March 19, 2025 Elon Musk represents a reputational risk to Tesla and the company’s value could soon collapse to near zero, says John Caudwell Tesla will need a lot more than a PR stunt on the White House driveway to reverse its current despairing fortunes as anti-Elon Musk and anti-American trade war sentiment reverberates around the globe. While [...]
The UK could build a new investment culture by emulating Sweden March 18, 2025 Risk-averse Brits have long struggled to get into investing. Luckily, the similarly cautious Swedes can teach us a few things.
PM’s growth rhetoric does not match reality March 18, 2025 Stirring words from the Prime Minister in today’s Morning Wire, with Keir Starmer vowing to unleash the “animal spirits” of the private sector. He knows his audience, I’ll give him that; Morning Wire readers know better than anyone just how important businesses large and small are to the country’s prosperity. It wasn’t very long ago [...]
The City risks falling for the disturbing trend of ‘anticipatory obedience’ March 18, 2025 Jumping the gun on government rules such as DEI is a disturbing trend which the City must resist, writes Lucy McNulty.
Is Facebook about to fall foul of new fraud laws? March 18, 2025 This week the anti-fraud provisions of the Online Safety Act start to become enforceable. This could mean huge fines for social media firms that break the law by carrying fraudulent content. Yet our investigation shows that Facebook is still carrying numerous adverts for investments that might be seen to break the new law, says Andrew [...]