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Two issues linked to the public finances have come to the fore in the wake of the Blood Scandal inquiry. These economic issues are clearly secondary to the wider safety and public policy concerns, but let’s address them here. One is the cost of public inquiries; the other is regarding how the...
According to Times columnist James Marriott, local councils should “think twice” before selling off their collections of Venetian paintings, Egyptian pots and Roman coins to...
This morning has seen a does of economic news from the epicentre of the current pandemic and hence crisis which is China. This is keenly awaited as we see how the economy...
The correct use of language may not appear to be a priority in our straitened circumstances, but the misuse of technical terms has a capacity to spread confusion and...
The battle that has raged for many years between the proponents of deflation and inflation has faded into irrelevance as it is increasingly clear that we are going to have both,...
What’s the better for dealing with pandemic disease: martial-law quarantines imposed by the state according to geography, or keeping society open while trusting medical...
Covid-19 may or may not trigger global recession, but financial market fragility is laid bare. Here’s the conundrum: invest with the madness or against the madness? Credit and...
Last week equity markets concluded that the spread of coronavirus has major implications for economic growth and corporate profits. The sell-off in US equities was the sharpest...
With a new Chancellor in place, all bets are off when it comes to next month’s Budget. So what can business leaders hope for from the Treasury? As a Yorkshire MP, Rishi Sunak...
This weekend saw the collapse of yet another attempt to fix the deeply broken British system of property tax. A trial balloon of a new ‘mansion tax’, floated to the papers, was...