"Lord Frost’s resignation has reignited the internal Tory battle for the party’s economic soul. In his resignation letter, Frost spoke of his concerns about the ‘current direction of travel’ and his hope that the Government would ‘move as _...Read More_

"I recently came across a start-up based on a premise that’s hard to argue with: babies don’t stay the same size for long. In fact, the average baby outgrows seven clothing sizes in two years. No wonder founder Eve Kekeh describes it as _...Read More_

"Here are some first thoughts on ‘Omicronomics’, or the economic impact of the new Covid restrictions announced for England over the weekend. The main short-term risk to the UK economy comes from the tightening of the self-isolation rules: _...Read More_

"State spending is the highest it’s been since the 1970s. The tax burden is the highest it’s been since the 1950s. Government debt is at record heights too – twice as high as 20 years ago as a percentage of GDP, and seven times as high in _...Read More_

"Was furlough the success Rishi Sunak has claimed for it? In very broad terms, perhaps. Unemployment and redundancies were down again in the period July-September, while more timely October data on payroll employment and vacancies suggest _...Read More_

"Amid all the spending announcements and fanfare ahead of today’s Budget, not much has been said about the Government’s plans to cede some of that hard-won post-Brexit sovereignty by signing up to a global tax cabal. The global minimum tax _...Read More_

"Over nine months after formally departing from the EU, the UK government is turning its attention to reshaping British data policy. On September 10, it published the consultation ‘Data: a new direction’, setting out how the data protection _...Read More_

"The UK has traditionally prided itself on being one of the best places in the world to invest and do business. Particularly in the Cameron-Osborne era, the Conservatives focused on heavily on making Britain competitive and _...Read More_

"If there’s one thing the past few decades of public health policy have taught us, it’s that campaigns for more information are never satisfied with more information. On the consumer side, the tendency is always to resort to more draconian _...Read More_

"Last week Boris Johnson claimed that ending ‘uncontrolled immigration’ would produce a high-wage, high-skill and high-productivity economy. It was slightly ironic, therefore, that this week the most prestigious award in economics went to _...Read More_

"For many months myself and many of the investors I work with have become increasingly concerned at the growing instability and insecurity of energy markets. The four-times spike in gas prices this year has been a shocking wake-up call, _...Read More_

"It’s no secret that young people don’t really get capitalism. Just over half of Millennials, and just under half of Zoomers, even know the correct meaning of the word, according to research from the IEA. One in four mistake the definition _...Read More_

"Over the last 18 months, most governments have intervened in their economy more heavily than at any other time in the previous generation. Huge government spending, quantitative easing, trade restrictions, an inflated welfare bill, closed _...Read More_

"Last week gave us a picture of things to come in Britain. First, the Government raised National Insurance contributions by 2.5%. This was ostensibly to pay for “social care”, but the money will mostly go to the NHS, with social care’s _...Read More_

"Right now, India is defined, for many, by its brutal second wave of Covid. In the long-term, however, India will be one of the pandemic’s winners as the global economy becomes more digital-focussed and remote work becomes the norm, _...Read More_