Why Britain is no friend of capitalism September 29, 2023 Britain has been a home to free marketeers for centuries. Yet the public don’t seem to want them, writes Dr Rainer Zitelmann in this guest essay for Morning Wire You might have thought that the home of Adam Smith, a raft of prominent economists and indeed Margaret Thatcher would have a rose-tinted view of capitalism – or [...]
Britain needs to build, so we need more than just white men in construction September 29, 2023 I’m glad I have had the chance to rise through the ranks to become a senior woman leader in my industry. But there are many who haven’t had the same opportunity and even more who haven’t got in through the door.
Meta is the exception not the rule as it pulls out of its London office September 29, 2023 Meta has paid £149m to sever its lease for its London office, but the tech giant’s financial woes are not a reflection of the capital’s market.
Who’s in charge anyway? Our sluggish growth happened on Sunak’s watch September 28, 2023 From HS2 to replacing A-levels, Sunak and his ministers are busy pretending the delays, challenges and cost overruns have nothing to do with them, writes Will Cooling.
A new oil field in the North Sea won’t be forever, but it’s a good decision for now September 28, 2023 We were always going to need the new Rosebank oil field in the North Sea, even if the black "gold rush" is coming to a close, writes Cameron Smith
Sunak is laying out a climate trap for Labour to fall into at an election September 28, 2023 As the world looks on at Rishi Sunak’s climate decisions with bemusement, his target is an electoral victory banking on the “ULEZ effect”, writes Barry Johnston Last week in New York, on the margins of a major UN summit to accelerate action on climate change, all talk was, incredibly, of the Uxbridge by-election. Such was [...]
We need to get to net zero, but we will fail if we lose public support September 27, 2023 The hysteria over Sunak’s relatively mild changes ignores a much more existential threat to our climate goal: alienating everyday Brits.
A British Baccalaureate should replace our outdated way of educating teens September 27, 2023 A-levels are one of the least useful ways of equipping students with the skills they need for the future workforce, writes Alice Barnard
While you were working from home, the City kept going on haphazard casual hours September 27, 2023 The split between office workers only in the office half the week, and hospitality staff in every day has created a cultural divide down the middle of London, writes Claire Campbell
Scrapping HS2 could jeopardise all of our efforts to level up cities across the UK September 26, 2023 Scrapping the wholeof HS2 now would be an example of another famous characteristic of British statecraft: short term Treasury-driven decision making.