A clear infrastructure policy is more vital than ever
Sometimes this requires national level decisions: we are advising the Government on a new integrated rail plan to improve connectivity...
Analysis
Three seizes on 5G boom as mobile masts sale renews merger talk
The mobile operator Three is exploring a sale of masts in a bid to cash in on the shift to...
We must change our Covid strategy before the sky falls
Haldane argued, though, that the second-quarter monthly breakdown showed that while the economy fell off a cliff in April and...
How Alok Sharma can put Britain on course to reach net zero emissions in a post-Covid world
Ministers can rightly toast success in cutting carbon emissions from making electricity. Coal, which generated 70pc of UK electricity in...
Freelancers’ earnings fall 30pc to record low as pandemic bites
Figures used by the Bank of England to track Britain’s five million freelancers show that average incomes dropped by more...
Tax-free shopping for tourists must not be abolished
With the end of Britain’s transition period on Dec 31, EU rules will cease to apply in this area, and ministers...
Lagarde plans for digital euro as alternative to cash
A digital version of the euro could be on the way as the European Central Bank set out its plans...
Boris must decide what his ‘levelling up’ policy aims to achieve
A people-centred policy may focus on facilitating her move, through planning reform to reduce housing costs in Cambridge, Oxford, or...
This property ‘mini-boom’ will become a ‘mega-bust’ if the Kafkaesque cladding crisis is not solved
Not two months ago, I wrote about the infuriating process of trying to get an EWS1, a building fire safety...
Donald Trump’s tech war forces China to take on Silicon Valley
China has now accepted the battle will be lengthy and hard-fought – with the potential to create serious difficulties for...
