Curbing foreign students coming to the UK is a short-sighted act of self harm October 11, 2022 The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is a hard-liner on immigration just like her predecessor Priti Patel. Over the past weeks, she’s used each of her public appearances to show she’s willing to go further. She has a clear policy aim: bringing the net number of immigrants down. She sees migrants as one uniform group, so [...]
You want a baby boom? Don’t blame women, build an economy fit for families October 11, 2022 Hopefully it won’t be a surprise to readers that when it comes to pregnancy, it takes two to tango. It ignores the plethora of other factors which determine whether a couple - not just women - choose to have a baby or not.
Beneath the hysteria, there is a real opportunity for a growing British economy October 11, 2022 Britain could be at the brink of a massive turnaround, but you wouldn’t know it if you were to pick up most newspapers. As all corners decry a brewing crisis, there are also generational opportunities we’ve missed in the eye of the furore. The bulk of Liz Truss’ package is almost undebatable – capping energy [...]
Letters: We need to talk about Elon October 11, 2022 [Re: Musk’s Twitter u-turn is the beginning rather than the end, October 5] So, after 6 months of throwing his toys out the pram, publicly criticising Twitter, and accusing the company of deliberately misleading their shareholders, Elon Musk has… bought Twitter. He appears unphased by public humiliation, and claims the acquisition will be an “accelerant” [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Sturgeon takes her fight to the courts October 10, 2022 Both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have ignored Sturgeon’s demands. Labour too has said they wouldn’t make a deal with the SNP.
Truss has just about survived the rhetoric melodrama, now for the work October 10, 2022 Harold Wilson’s maxim that a week is a long time in politics is in danger of becoming a rule for 2022 too. In the last eight days, we have seen the Conservative Party conference take place in Birmingham, the MPs and activists churn themselves into a maelstrom of high drama, and the government abandon its [...]
The Square Mile’s reputation as a no-go zone on weekends needs to be overhauled October 10, 2022 We must seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the Square Mile, just as the Elizabeth Line is connecting more people to the City than ever before.
A cashless society is proof we need to challenge the Visa and Mastercard monopolies October 10, 2022 How often do you see a “card only” sign as you go to pay for your coffee? Cash payments have declined by two thirds since 2010, and card payments have become the de facto way to pay, accounting for 73 per cent of UK transactions in 2021. From this change, there have been two significant [...]
Letters: Flexible work? Flexible pay. October 10, 2022 [Re: Energy bills is Kwarteng’s first priority, then we must claw back our dismal productivity, Sept 12] Between the first and second quarters of this year, the UK had no productivity growth. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that between the first three-month period in 2022 and the second, productivity in [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Blackouts? What blackouts? October 7, 2022 Liz Truss was in Prague yesterday telling European leaders they’ll need to help to keep lights on across the continent this winter. This came as the National Grid warned that we could be faced with rolling blackouts if we don’t import enough energy. How have we come to this? Go back to a year ago, [...]