Market turmoil, borrowing costs up, Rachel Reeves far away – it reminds me of my own time as Chancellor
HERE we go again. Markets in turmoil. Borrowing costs going up. A Chancellor far away in a foreign land. It reminds me of my ...
Arron Banks is denied entry to his own US inauguration party
I guess I will have to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to get in and claim a free hotel room and mobile phone’ ...
West has become too weak to take on its enemies, says Liz Truss
The Foreign Secretary has warned the West has become a "soft touch" for its enemies and said it needs to "renew and reinforce ...
Why global bond market turbulence will hit equities
The bond market tantrums can flow through into equity markets as well if investors start fearing higher yields are going to ...
Starmer will brutally sack Reeves to save himself. I've had a ringside seat for 50 years of financial crises and even I'm shocked by the speed of her unravelling: ALEX BRU…
Liz Truss's short-lived premiership besides, I can think of few administrations that have come into power with such a belief ...
Liz Truss finance minister's attack on Rachel Reeves backfires spectacularly
Andrew Griffith was Financial Secretary to the Treasury at the time of Ms Truss' disastrous mini budget - and has been ...
How Tories' flirtation with extremism is sowing seeds of party's destruction
Unlike Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Margaret Thatcher would not have given house room to the ravings of Elon Musk ...
Rachel Reeves or Liz Truss: Who really ‘crashed the economy’?
Amid UK bond market turmoil, how does Reeves' budget compare to Truss' - and who is really responsible for 'crashing the ...
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Chancellor Reeves needed some sprats to catch those enviable mackerels
When PM Jim Callaghan & Chancellor Denis Healey called in the IMF to bail the country out in December 1976; well that was nothing short of a catastrophe!
Pimco, Fidelity Stick With UK Gilt Bets After Market Turmoil
Pacific Investment Management Co., Franklin Templeton and Fidelity International are among investors sticking to their bets ...
UK borrowing costs soar to 27-year high: What are gilts and how do they work?
The cost of borrowing soared to its highest level for more than a quarter of a century this week as gilt yields continue to ...
Spotlight on gilts and why the spectre of stagflation is leading to financial turbulence
Bond prices have plummeted in recent days and shares in banks and building societies have also suffered, while the pound is ...