Much excitement that "52 economists" have written to The Observer saying that the Government debt reduction strategy is too severe. But the Adam Smith Institute claims that "only 15 of the 52 are actually practising mainstream economists"... more
Date for the diary. Tax Freedom Day, the day of the year on which average taxpayers stop working for the Government and start working for themselves, will be May 30... more
“Dear Al, Are you really that surprised that we are seeing inflation?" Helpfully, the Adam Smith Institute has drafted Mervyn King's letter to Alistair Darling for him... more
Privacy campaigners raised concerns about the effectiveness of CCTV cameras as it was revealed that it takes 1,000 to solve one crime in London each year... more
Nothing illustrates the dearth of merger and acquisition deals in the City more than the news that Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid ranked as the seventh-largest in the whole of Europe last week.... more
Few other people seem to share my concern, but I am deeply uneasy about how Barclays' Bob Diamond stands to collect £16 million from the sale of Barclays Global Investors, the fund management division of Barclays Bank... more
The scandal of MPs’ expenses has shocked the nation more perhaps than it should. The warning signs have been with us for years had we taken the trouble to look, or better, to question what our politicians were telling us ... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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