After a difficult year for the global economy, is the turning point drawing close? Twelve months ago, many in the property industry were concerned about an approaching downturn for...

In the past there has been scepticism about climate change. The scientific evidence has put paid to that. It is unequivocal. Now, instead, the scepticism appears to be about...

Globalisation is under attack in ways which would be scarcely imaginable even just a few years ago. That the President on the USA now proudly brands himself ‘Tariff Man’ is...

Recently released Government housebuilding data contains a pleasant surprise – the number of new dwellings in England was over 241,000. This is the highest rate of housebuilding...

This Christmas, 126,000 children in England will be living in temporary accommodation, having been made homeless with their families. The failure by successive governments to...

Boris Johnson’s decision to postpone next year’s planned cut in corporation tax is risky – both as a piece of politics and as economics. If anyone can sell it, I suspect that he...

The governmental art of calling for an independent study is making sure you’ll get the answer you want before it begins. Much of that depends, of course, on appointing the right...