The Budget contained an upbeat economic message. But returning public sector debt to pre-pandemic levels will be a Herculean task
The verdict? Boring but safe, and won’t frighten the horses like the last Truss Budget.
Without an efficient public sector, either services will need to be cut back or taxes will have to rise further. Neither is appealing.
The fund’s prediction that the UK will be bottom of the G7 heap this year should be taken with a fistful of salt.
It may well be that, having renounced self-harm just in time and with a following wind, the beleaguered Conservative party will pose a serious threat to Labour at the ballot box.
Now would be a very good time to have a responsible government; instead, we have Boris Johnson and his Big State fiscal muggers.
The costs of the coronavirus pandemic will – first and foremost – be counted in the tragic number of lives prematurely lost, as well the
Two weeks ago I closed the shutters on my lingerie and swimwear shop in Notting Hill, West London, as the coronavirus lockdown began. I opened
Generally, economic crises build up slowly. There are the straws in the wind, the sudden lurches downwards, the false dawns, the policy missteps, and finally
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