Warmer homes and lower emissions? We should all jump on the heat pump bandwagon December 11, 2023 Britain's housing stock is falling behind in terms of quality and energy efficiency, all of us will pay the price, writes George Clarke
Labour’s City minister: We get you want clarity – and we’ll give it to you December 8, 2023 Labour's Shadow City Minister Tulip Siddiq writes for Morning Wire on her party's new financial services council and why the Square Mile can expect evolution, not revolution, if they take power next year
Consistency, not speed is more important to save the City from stagnation December 8, 2023 The UK is attractive for investment because of the stability of our regulatory system - we shouldn’t lose the value of this for the sake of meeting artificial deadlines, writes Karim Haji
Sunak’s new Rwanda deal is anything but unequivocal December 7, 2023 No amount of political grandstanding can hide that Sunak's Rwanda plan is in tatters, writes Anna Moloney
Worst corporate jargon of the week: The huddle December 7, 2023 At Morning Wire, we’re taking a stand and calling out the worst corporate jargon that has infected our offices. This week: the huddle.
Sunak can sign a new deal with Rwanda but it won’t save the Tories at the election December 7, 2023 A week may be a long time in politics, but a year is a surprisingly short time to get things done, writes John Oxley
Tall poppy syndrome? Why Britain needs to get over its hate of the BBC December 7, 2023 Britain loves to hate its biggest success stories, but it must embrace its own strengths if it wants to go for growth, writes Will Cooling
Treasury coffers are reaping the rewards of foreign bribery fines December 7, 2023 Over the past year something extraordinary has happened. The governments of countries in the Global South where British multinationals paid bribes and faced penalties in the UK have started demanding a fairer share of the huge criminal fines that have up to now gone to the UK Treasury. Since 2014 the Serious Fraud Office has [...]
Debate: should we use age verification tech for pornography? December 6, 2023 This week, the media regulator caused quite a stir when they suggested anyone who watches porn could have to have their faces scanned to prove their age. Draft guidance from Ofcom has set out a number of ways to stop kids watching adult content, and one of them is to do age checks via AI [...]
Rupert Soames the right man for CBI mission December 6, 2023 Rupert Soames has been appointed the new president of the CBI - and he's the right person for the job in almost every way