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FTSE 100 Live: 10,000 mark in shot; UK’s third-quarter growth
Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. The FTSE 100 is inching a step closer to the magic 10,000 mark after almost a year of outperforming counterparts across the Atlantic. …
UK economy barely grows in third quarter
The UK economy grew at a more sluggish pace than expected in the third quarter of the year amid a pervasive sense of gloom across the country ahead of the …
If income tax thresholds remain frozen benefits should too
Consistency matters. If the fiscal situation is truly so dire that tax thresholds must remain frozen, then the same logic should apply to spending, says John O’Connell The biggest casualty …
Reeves and Starmer are now at the mercy of the markets
A government elected on competence and stability may now gamble both to stave off internal revolt. For investors, the message is that British politics has not regained the calm that …
Sadiq Khan is no Zohran Mamdani
Mamdani is a young, rising star with no record to defend. By 2028, Sadiq Khan will have been Mayor of London for 12 years and spent a decade in Parliament …
UK must stop treating wealth as an offence
Wealth creators are not a target, but the UK’s greatest economic fuel. The government won’t get anywhere before it recognises it, writes Stuart Cash We stand at a crossroads. We …
How money laundering took over our high streets
American candy stores and vape shops are the new face of financial crime, hiding in plain sight, says Marit Rodevand Walk down almost any British high street today and you’ll see …
Forget Russia, China and North Korea – Britain’s no 1 enemy is bureaucracy
Ukraine has proved that the side that can innovate fastest and deliver lethality at the lowest costs will win, writes Blythe Crawford During this week of Remembrance, as we honour …
Starmer promised a calmer politics – how’s that working out?
They say that if you’re explaining, you’re losing. That quote, attributed to Ronald Reagan, came to mind yesterday as I watched Keir Starmer squirm his way through howls of laughter …