Britain is on the road to nowhere

The run up to the Budget in November has already been dominated by headlines about a “meltdown” in the bond market and a yawning “£50bn” black hole that will have to be filled by more tax increases. S

The apologists for the relentless expansion in the size and cost of Britain’s public-sector debt like to point out that other major developed economies face a similar predicament. Although government

Issue of the week: the Chancellor’s tax choices ...

France’s wealthy have a “new nemesis”, says Denis Cosnard in Le Monde. Economist Gabriel Zucman’s proposal for a new wealth tax is dominating public discussion about how the country can close its gapi

Despite legitimate concerns this does not look like a repeat of the mini-Budget crisis three years ago

The next time Keir Starmer “declares he has ‘full confidence’ in a subordinate, they might quickly seek the advice of a headhunter”, says Martin Ivens in Bloomberg. Both Angela Rayner, his ex-deputy P