If economic experts wield political power, we’ll get dragged into fiscal groupthink October 25, 2023 If the Bank of England were unable to predict inflation, why would we grant similar experts power at the Office of Budget Responsibility?
Financial watchdog could wind up policing our dinner party antics October 25, 2023 If the FCA makes it its business to decide whether an off-colour joke at a dinner party is sexist or not, it could wind up intruding on our personal lives, writes Christine Braamskamp
If the Tories lose the next election, they need to find superstar mayors October 24, 2023 A pro-Brexit Boris Johnson-style Mayor with a platform like Andy Burnham could ensure anytime the Conservatives spend in opposition is brief, writes Adam Hawksbee
The CBI still need to have a voice with senior politicians in the run up to the next election October 24, 2023 As both Conservatives and Labour try to prove they are the true part of business, the CBI has a role to play in being the voice of the industry, writes Rain Newton-Smith
Why Gen Z daughters won’t follow in their mums’ career footsteps October 24, 2023 Are young Gen Z women rejecting the feminism of their mothers?
As global crises grow, Sunak should embrace the National Security Council October 23, 2023 To govern effectively in the midst of so many global crises, Rishi Sunak needs eyes in the back of his head, writes Eliot Wilson.
Our savers and our businesses are losing out from stagnant pension rules in the UK October 23, 2023 Pensions are a vital part of our later lives. As life expectancy increases with improvements in healthcare and lifestyles, our pensions will need to work even harder. Pension funds are also a vital source of investment upon which the businesses of today depend. Over the past twenty years, the UK has suffered a significant decline [...]
Stock exchanges need robust defences from repeated tech errors October 23, 2023 Did anyone else get a sense of déjà vu at the sudden outage on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) last week? From Euronext in 2021 and Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2022, to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) cancelling trades after “technical glitches” with its opening auction triggered wild price swings earlier this year, all [...]
More than just hot air: the UK should be the home of a carbon market that actually works October 20, 2023 This year, peatland ecosystems in the Indonesian districts of Katigan and Kotawaringin Timur – covering an area roughly the size of London – will lock away the carbon emissions equivalent of two million cars. Thousands of miles away, powered by Icelandic geothermal energy, Climeworks’s spaceship-esq Orca project is busily sucking carbon dioxide out of the [...]
Tech founders are turning away from the Tories, and into Labour’s open arms October 20, 2023 With an MBA from Stanford and a self-professed fondness for all things tech, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the country’s entrepreneurs would have taken a natural shine to Rishi Sunak and the party he leads. Yet, according to a recent report from The Entrepreneurs Network and Mishcon de Reya that could hardly be further from the [...]