Europe sets out stimulus plans as stingy Sunak keeps his powder dry
One country’s economic plan for 2021 will be conspicuous by its absence this autumn. The likes of Germany, Italy and...
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Rishi Sunak has dropped the ball by ruling out an October Budget
Yes, other countries are borrowing heavily, but that’s the point. We need to demonstrate Britain takes fiscal prudence seriously, that...
Rishi Sunak should follow Trump’s lead and ramp up benefits
Moving Trump-style to massively enhanced universal credit payments, with top-ups linked to retraining, frees up employed workers and gives them some...
Rishi Sunak faces a race against time to avoid furlough redundancies
Furlough dilemma as new-look economy emerges “The Government is going to need to do something to support wages in the...
Rishi Sunak hints at more jobs support as unemployment crisis deepens
The official unemployment rate rose for the first time since the pandemic struck, climbing marginally from 3.9pc to a two-year...
Halloween jobs horror awaits unless Sunak U-turns on furlough
The House of Lords has some fine minds, and nowhere more so than on its economic affairs committee. Lord Skidelsky...
Rishi Sunak poised to reject banks’ appeal for help collecting Covid debts
Rishi Sunak is set to snub a post-Covid action plan put forward by a group of bankers that calls for the...
Now is the worst time for Sunak to tax wealth creation
Remember this as well. People react to change. Faced with a big rise in tax bills, and after a six...
Tax rises could ‘choke off’ recovery, Rishi Sunak is warned
Tory MPs are nervous about any increase in corporation tax, in particular, because increasing it to 24 per cent would...
Why Sunak must cut taxes to sustain the recovery
There are not that many positives to be had these days amid the ongoing train crash in public policy, but...
