Tag: Economic crisis

A snowballing exodus of high-earners from Britain – the top 5% of whom pay half of all income tax – is a disaster for Rachel Reeves brought on by her own war on wealth, financial advisers have warned.

Rachel Reeves's disastrous mishandling of the thriving economy she inherited from the Tories means the UK is heading for a full-blown financial crash – and nothing can stop it now, says Matthew Lynn.

Ed Miliband has promised to save Britain's economy from Trump's tariffs. But it wasn't Trump who closed Britain's coal-fired power stations, nor ended oil and gas exploration, nor banned fracking, says Ben Pile.

Support for Labour has dropped to a new low of 21% while the Conservatives lead on 26%, ahead of Reform on 25%. The cost of living was the top concern while climate change barely made the top 10. Time to sack Ed Miliband?

Rachel Reeves's future as Chancellor has been thrown into doubt by Keir Starmer as he twice refused to confirm she would stay on and appointed a senior Treasury official as a top adviser amid the fallout from her Budget.

Labour loves to remind voters how Liz Truss 'crashed the economy', but Rachel Reeves is making the exact same mistake. She's asking the markets to lend the Government vast sums and they're telling her where to get off.

Britain is on the brink of a recession after official figures were revised to show zero growth in the third quarter of the year and living standards fell, with Rachel Reeves's horror Budget blamed.

More than half of people in the U.K. receive more in benefits than they contribute in taxes, official figures show – and it's only going to get worse. No wonder we can't afford anything.

Rachel from Accounts strikes again! Businesses are cutting jobs at the fastest pace in four years following Labour's record tax-raising Budget, as (actual) economists warn of the rising risk of recession.

Economist Prof Steve Fothergill has said he was "sacked" by Sheffield Hallam University after writing a paper that criticised UK immigration policy for allowing large numbers of jobs to be taken by foreigners.