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“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

“Is Britain having a collective nervous breakdown?” asks Camilla Cavendish in the Financial Times. Almost two-thirds of voters think we are heading in the wrong direction, while our government has “go

Issue of the week: a Budget for business? ...

“I will have everyone work like a horse,” declared Sanae Takaichi shortly before taking over as Japanese prime minister in October. Takaichi’s vow to “work, work, work, work, work” has been selected a

“Markets appear to have their mojo back,” says The New York Times Dealbook. Shares on Wall Street wobbled at the end of last week, with even strong results from AI chip champion Nvidia failing to calm

“The difference between death and taxes is, death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” The American actor and commentator Will Rogers didn’t have to wrestle with British Isas and pensions, bu