By Andrew Grice  

Every new economic statistic is now seized on by supporters or opponents of Brexit, either as a boost for their cause or a setback for their enemy as they continue their neverendum campaign. They miss the big picture: the Brexit vote and the June election were both rejections of the economic status quo. No wonder: […]

After Labour’s pledge to hike corporation tax from 19 to 26 per cent to boost education spending, at least we have a clear choice on personal and business taxation rather than the man-for-man marking at previous general elections. Labour’s move to reverse the Conservatives’ cuts in corporation tax, levied on company profits, will be portrayed […]

They usually fall out in the end. Prime ministers and chancellors, that is. The danger for Theresa May and Philip Hammond is that they fall out at the beginning. Recent history is littered with battles between occupants of 10 and 11 Downing Street who started off as close allies. Margaret Thatcher sacked Nigel Lawson (and […]

When Gordon Brown became prime minister, he promised to end the spin of the Blair era – which, of course, was a piece of spin in itself. Theresa May’s allies now say she will end David Cameron’s “government-by-headline”. We are told there will be fewer announcements, but when they come – after the new PM […]

   We will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us, Theresa May said outside Number 10 on becoming prime minister. To turn her rhetoric into reality, May will have to bite the bullet by tackling the biggest problem in her in-tray after Brexit: the divide […]