Britain on the brink of crisis

It was a masterclass in “catastrophism”, said Nicolas ...

Whatever other problems the British economy may face, you can usually rely on one thing: through good times and bad, the property market remains buoyant. There has not been a really significant crash

Why it is important not to panic about possible changes in the upcoming Budget

Britain’s Treasury is running on fumes. With the autumn budget a couple of months around the corner, chancellor Rachel Reeves is searching for savings – and as ever, the spectre of increased taxation

The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t

Things haven’t been great for the UK stockmarket over the last two decades. Indeed, the City has been a “serial underachiever”, especially when compared with the US, says Andrew Jones, a portfolio man