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Tory cuts could be mighty unpleasant

05.10.09
It does not really matter what the Conservatives talk about in Manchester this week because it is almost certain it will not cover the one thing everyone wants to hear about ... more

How can these sad exiles prefer cash to London?

12.05.09
Those now fleeing our tax rates did much to contribute to our economic woes. Despite this, we must pity them... more

My warning to Gordon and his friend Alistair

02.12.08
Eight days on from the PBR, interest rates are likely to fall again and the pound is under pressure... more

Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis has been revisiting his inside story of investment banking in the 1980s

24.11.08
Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis has been revisiting his inside story of the "Big Swinging Dicks" of investment banking in the 1980s... more

Bosses gloomy in CBI survey

19.11.08
Economy: Manufacturers are at their most depressed since 1980 according to the latest survey from the CBI ... more

Cameron has taken his biggest risk yet

19.11.08
A Tory shift on spending changes the battlefield — and opens up a daring option for Mr Brown... more

Windfall tax is political gimmickry which can only harm Labour

01.08.08
You can almost hear the cogs turning in Southwold... more

Someone will have to sweep up this rubbish

13.03.08
If Cheltenham races can be blown off course, then what chance has the Chancellor? The tax rates and spending plans were set a year ago by the man sitting next to him, and all he could do yesterday was to catch the flak. ... more

Darling chooses tap water for Budget Day to support Standard campaign

05.03.08
Alistair Darling will drink plain tap water in the Commons when he delivers his first Budget next week - in support of the Evening Standard's Water On Tap campaign... more

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