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Impose a deadline on tax losses

05.11.09
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Boy George goes all grown up

06.10.09
Gorgeous George has it (nearly) all. The brain, the determination and the well-dressed wife in the front row... more

A premature case of green shoots?

05.06.09
Green shoots in the housing market? Don’t bet on it, says Nick Hopkinson of Property Portfolio Rescue. “The blazing headline statistics from Halifax indicate that the property market is booming at first glance,” he says, of figures showing prices rose 2.6% last month. “While this may be great PR for the now mainly public-owned bank, unfortunately this is not correct. House sales volumes remain at an all-time low, making trend analysis of monthly data from just one lender statistically meaningless.” Doesn’t sound like househunters have missed the boat just yet. ... more

Speaker does not deserve to be granted seat in Lords, say peers

20.05.09
Michael Martin should be denied a peerage, two members of the Lords said. Former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson led calls for the Speaker not to be elevated to the Upper Chamber... 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

Blowing cold in the Lords on windpower

26.11.08
Building thousands of turbines to meet Britain's renewable energy commitments by 2020 is likely to be a disaster... more

Clash of storylines as Barclays faces acid test

20.11.08
A sticky weekend looms for the directors of Barclays ... more

Hague must be Tories’ choice for Chancellor

17.11.08
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PM has left himself with no choice but to spend

28.10.08
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The big test in raising £37bn

17.10.08
There was a time at the fag end of Nigel Lawson’s Chancellorship when it looked as if the national debt would be repaid... more

Britain's savers bank on Ireland to protect money

01.10.08
British savers are looking to shift their money into Irish banks after the government there gave a 100 per cent guarantee to back all savings in the country's six banks... more

Bank's prices forecast proves just a mite out

14.08.08
The Bank of England looms over the City like a vast cheese-mould, full of economists, who are the mites in the cheese. This is not their best moment... more

David, Gordon and the new age of austerity

16.07.08
As inflation rises and the economy falters, the parties are in a new battle to show that they are its natural saviours... more

Commentary: He's the Governor, so follow his thrifty example

15.07.08
Message from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England: "I feel your pain. I have turned down a six-figure pay rise, and my salary is only going up by 2.5 per cent. Meanwhile, prices in the shops are going up by something either side of four per cent, depending on which index you believe, and are now set to climb even more steeply. I shall have to economise. PS: So will you."... more

Mrs Thatcher the temptress - and a woman who knew all about the seductive powers of politics

05.06.08
A controversial new film about the young Margaret Thatcher's ten-year struggle to become an MP is to be screened next week. Edwina Currie reveals Mrs Thatcher wasn't afraid to use the seductive powers of politics.... more

Stick it out and you'll be sitting pretty in the end

02.05.08
These are nervous times for first-time buyers, but there are worse positions to be in... more

It isn't easy but Tesco still finds fresh growth

17.04.08
Tesco is that all-too-rare phenonenon, a grocery business which is succeeding in more than one country... 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

It's the bigger private-equity deals than Pret that look stale

25.02.08
The private-equity purchase of sandwich shops chain Pret a Manger at the end of last week has told us two things about the current state of the markets. First, it is still possible to get private-equity transactions done. Second, the imminent changes in capital gains tax are concentrating the minds of those seeking to sell their businesses and giving them a serious incentive to get deals completed within this tax year. The implications of this are examined in the second note in this column... more

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