Finance

So the question now, it would appear to be, is exactly when will Andy Burnham become the next leader of the Labour Party and the next Prime Minister o...

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The big-time for Burnham

The first weekend of the new year brought some potentially good news for the Prime Minister and his Chancellor of the Exchequer from the Financial Tim...

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The last chance saloon?

When Martin Amis published his first novel in 1973, The Times Literary Supplement described it as “scurrilous, shameless and very funny”. ...

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The Rachel Papers

Unless you have taken the wholly reasonable stance of avoiding the news over the past 10 days or so, you will be aware that the nation’s finance...

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A vexing (taxing?) matter

There was a neat piece in the latest issue of Private Eye, out last week. There frequently is, of course. This one opened up thus: “A bombshell ...

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A surfeit of woe?

Taylor Swift is back in London this week, with a string of five shows in six nights starting at Wembley on Thursday evening. She was there for three g...

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Swiftonomics

Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, unveiled his spring budget for 2024. It is likely to be the last major financial event until t...

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Hunting for better news

I was reminded by a piece in The Guardian the other week that September has historically been a sometimes savage month for high finance. For example, ...

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Canary no more a gold mine