In this debut edition of The Capitalist: a bold new political movement takes aim at red tape to get Britain building, the Chancellor faces criticism over an economy teetering on the edge and the Conservatives grapple with the path to reinvention.
With Dr Lawrence Newport and Joseph Dinnage.
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This was meant to be a do-no-harm Budget. If that was really the aim, it has failed miserably. It’s a Budget that raises taxes by £7 billion and attacks entrepreneurs, savers and the rental market in particular. The first point to note is that the increases in income tax on savings and property income are […]
The right language aimed at the wrong level. This was a Budget focused on micro-management. The Chancellor used the right language about the need to help workers and business, but it was predicated on ‘the state knows best’, with significant interference through targeted spending and tax hikes. The Red Book contained no fewer than 98 […]
Ed Conway is a great economic commentator. Yet even the best of us err. In a long essay for the New Statesman, the Sky News economics and data editor recently argued that Britain runs on what he calls the ‘MoneySavingExpert model’. ‘The country’s guiding principle,’ Conway wrote, ‘from the Thatcher years to the Blair ones […]
