Letters: Mind your credit score October 4, 2022 [Re: Don’t penalise cash-strapped Brits, FCA warns insurers, 29 September] As interest rates soar, the FCA’s call to lenders to offer borrowers solutions is a stark reminder that consumers’ needs must remain front and centre. Against skyrocketing living costs and a mortgage industry in turmoil, our research shows half of lenders are still using outdated [...]
Truss has no real choice but to stick to her risky pro-growth proposition October 3, 2022 No one could say that Liz Truss had started her premiership quietly, after the hiatus of mourning the late queen. The chancellor’s “mini-budget” ten days ago was one of the most significant changes of economic policy in a generation. While Kwasi Kwarteng might have hoped for better reviews of his first major outing, he has [...]
Social responsibility is an imperative if we want our economy to grow with resilience October 3, 2022 If you walk the streets of Canada, you will see dragons everywhere. Not the kind displayed in House of the Dragon, the new Game of Thrones prequel, but images of the creatures in crests, in insignia above doors, on flags, and on the top of buildings. They are an unmistakable sign of [...]
We need an alliance to catch up with China on rare earths October 3, 2022 The need for rare earth elements in modern society is obvious. They are a critical component in phones, computer screens, electric vehicle batteries and many other objects we use on a daily basis such as energy-efficient lightbulbs. Each of these products, along with a slew of others, will become ever-more important as society shifts further [...]
Letters: Let’s make tech enticing October 3, 2022 [Re: Cisco chief says apprentices can plug digital skills gap, Sept 30] The Chief of Cisco is right to raise the issue of recruitment in cyber and tech more broadly. We face a technological crisis if our job vacancies are not filled, especially as hackers and cyber criminals become more sophisticated day by day. The [...]
Britain’s economic meltdown must be settled by a firm grip and real growth September 30, 2022 To say it’s been a dramatic week in financial markets would be an understatement. The reaction to the government’s so-called “mini-budget” has seen the value of sterling crash and has led to criticism from the IMF and the Federal Reserve and an unprecedented intervention from the Bank of England who have been forced to buy [...]
As Vladimir Putin raises the stakes, he reveals a losing hand in Russia’s war on Ukraine September 30, 2022 From the start Putin has been playing a high stakes game of poker with a losing hand.
A true state energy supplier should bolster competition September 30, 2022 This week, Keir Starmer outlined a simple vision for the future of the British energy industry: a publicly owned energy company. It is a long way from the days of Tony Blair who moved the Labour party away from state ownership. The thorny question of state control has always been politically charged, but if delivered [...]
Letters: All eyes on the high streets September 30, 2022 [Re: Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, September 23] Retailers and the hospitality sector will be wondering whether the chancellor’s creation of more than 40 new “investment zones” in England does anything more than scratch the surface to revitalise the high street. The “factsheet” issued by the government confirms the zones will apparently be allowed to relax planning [...]
As Starmer dreams of Downing Street, beware of sweeping electoral reform September 29, 2022 Labour can finally start dreaming about being able to form a majority government at the next election. So it may seem odd timing for the party’s conference to endorse electoral reform for the first time in nearly a hundred years.