If offices still look like they’re out of an 80s sitcom, we will see more exits like HSBC June 29, 2023 | City Talk The death of the office proclaimed post-pandemic is far from real; what's true is that London still lacks good quality office spaces. HSBC's change of location is proof of that, writes Gareth Lewis
PMQs Sketch: Starmer and Sunak on everyone’s last nerve June 28, 2023 While Thames Water was on the verge of collapse, Sunak and Starmer spent PMQs drawling on about housing targets.
Teasing supermarket execs won’t stop inflation, it’s suppliers we need to grill June 28, 2023 Supermarket bosses are an easy shot, but its suppliers making profits which would dwarf those of Tesco or Sainsbury's.
Sunak should be modelling his fiscal rules on Clem Attlee’s, not Margaret Thatcher’s June 28, 2023 Debt and inflation are nothing new, but economic conditions today are very different from the past. To get out of the current sandstorm, Sunak should follow the lessons of Clem Attlee writes Paul Ormerod
A successor to Putin is just as likely to be an aggressor to the West if we’re not careful June 28, 2023 The Wagner Group attack over the weekend is proof that Vladimir Putin won't survive the war in Ukraine. But the West should be concerned about who could come next, writes Daniel Sleat
Explainer: Our misconceptions about housing are so ingrained that councils are blocking new flats for fears of floods in 80 years June 27, 2023 In the latest example of how far the tensions in housing can reach, North Devon Council just refused to approve new flats because they might be victims of flooding in 2105. Which is in more than eighty years. The flats wouldn’t even need to be built; we’re talking about empty floors above a former hairdresser’s [...]
Want to see how changed the UK is? Look at how City staff treat their nannies June 27, 2023 City workers are further and further away from the people who help look after their children.
Let’s all hand our cash over to the Treasury to pay off UK’s £2.5 trillion debt pile (not) June 27, 2023 Here’s a fun fact. If everyone in the UK worked for a year and gave all their earnings to the Treasury, the government could nearly repay the country’s more than £2.5 trillion debt pile. Alright, that’s oversimplifying the equation. But it does illustrate a principle in economics that often gets lost in the deluge of [...]
Braverman needs to deal in reality and green light drugs testing at UK festivals June 27, 2023 The lack of on-site drug testing at festivals this summer could have harmful consequences. It's part of a broader problem: the Home Office's "war on drugs" rhetoric is unrealistic, writes Elena Siniscalco
Even if Putin is ousted, it is unlikely to bring about the end of the war in Ukraine June 27, 2023 The Prigozhin mutiny over the weekend showed a weakened Vladimir Putin, yet it's unlikely to change the course of the war in Ukraine - which has long turned into a stalemate, writes John Hulsman