March 2024

Jeremy Hunt has made improving public sector productivity a core plank of his economic strategy. “We need a more productive state not a bigger state,” he said in the Spring…

The British government is spending £1.5m on a marketing campaign to turbocharge the nation’s science and technology sector, aiming to spark a surge in investment in UK-based tech ventures. Tech…

China saw its first instance of inflation in February after enduring four consecutive months of deflation.   The country’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.7% year-on-year, marking a shift largely…

Moving markets today: Asia markets slips, China escapes deflation, bitcoin briefly hits $70,000; All eyes on UK GDP and U.S. inflation  Asian stock markets faced challenges, while concerns lingered over…

Sadiq Khan managed to unite people of all political persuasions last week, but not in a way that he might have hoped for.  Khan came out to defend London’s under…

[RE: Business class air fares set for new tax hike, 7 March] ATPI urges the government to stop treating the travel industry as a bottomless pit of potential taxation and,…

Fraud might not hit the headlines often, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a pressing issue, writes Chris Hayward Fraud is the most common type of crime – 38 per…

TRAINER Willie Mullins has what looks a vice-like grip on this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Bookmakers make the Closutton-handler a best-priced 1/10 to finish the week as top trainer and odds-on…

Outgoing Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ended his direct Premier League rivalry with Pep Guardiola with a fiercely contested 1-1 draw at Anfield. The German and Spaniard embraced after the full…

THERE is an unread copy of the Racing Post sitting on Ben Keith’s solid oak desk. We are in Marylebone in his beautiful London flat just days before the biggest…