The current cost of living crisis can be placed firmly in the context of the Conservative Party’s antipathy to the strife of the working class, says Thomas Perrett
TJ Cole explores how the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce has attempted to shape UK politics and trade for more than a century
Playboys and plutocrats are now the natural constituency of Boris Johnson’s party, argues Sam Bright
We need to know how the Chancellor can defend raising taxes for ordinary Britons while his own family avoids paying large sums in taxes, argues Adam Bienkov
Sian Norris and Heidi Seigmund Cuda report on the US Government’s seizure of millions of dollars connected to the ‘brainy don’ Konstantin Malofeyev
Sian Norris asks if cuts to the criminal justice system, and wealthy oligarchs spending big bucks on the best lawyers to protect their riches, have impacted efforts to go after financial crime
Spiralling household costs will undermine Boris Johnson’s promises to ‘Red Wall’ voters, reports Thomas Perrett
The Chancellor is debasing public standards and ethics in exactly the same way as his boss, argues Rachel Morris
Sam Bright explores the links between a firm owned by Sunak’s wife and a Russian billionaire
Professor Chris Painter sees Putin’s invasion of his neighbour as a major turning point in history, with the values of multilateralism and an activist state set to break the spell of Johnsonian politics
The end of free lateral flow tests will cost NHS staff extra cash each month – while councils warn that they need more funding to manage COVID-19 outbreaks and the poorest risk not being able to test at all
Thomas Perrett reviews Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement and how it affects the UK’s climate change commitments
Ben Ramanauskas critiques the outlandish ideas of influential Brexit economist Professor Patrick Minford Several weeks ago, Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff University – one of the most influential economists in pro-Brexit circles – claimed that the UK’s free trade deal with Australia would be worth £69 billion to the UK economy, the equivalent of 3% of GDP.…
The Chancellor told UK firms to cut ties with Russia – while his own family has kept hundreds of millions of pounds of shares in a company still operating in Moscow
Published in the minutes following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility’s fiscal forecast raises alarm over post-pandemic health pressures
Finer details in the Chancellor’s budget statement reveal that taxes will rise, incomes will fall, and the young and poor will pay the price
Sunak’s spring statement offered tax breaks to motorists – who are more likely to be white and on higher incomes, Sian Norris reports
New data shows highest paid payrolled employees saw wages soar by just under £3000 a month since 2014, while the poorest got a paltry pay rise of £167, Sian Norris reports
TJ Coles explores the tangled web that exists between British and Russian money
Sam Bright explores how Brexit has exposed Britain to the reverberations of the war in Ukraine
The Government’s ‘crackdown’ on money-laundering by Russian oligarchs has a large loophole which will allow some oligarchs to be exempted, reports Adam Bienkov
The Government does not have the ideological or intellectual tools to stop Brits from being squeezed, says Mike Buckley
Successive governments have chased Russian roubles while ignoring geopolitical reality, reports Sam Bright
If the Government really want to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs, the Economic Crime Bill doesn’t go far enough, says Gareth Roberts
TJ Coles explores the Conservative Party’s decades-long attempts to schmooze Russian oligarchs
A former US defence advisor warns that Britain is likely to be the biggest drag on any Western sanctions initiative against Putin
Sam Bright explores the ways in which London has become a haven for a class of super rich who wish to keep their money and their secrets hidden
The Treasury’s role in not forestalling investment in renewable energy sources is a key reason the Government cannot address the root causes of the cost of living crisis, says Thomas Perrett
Rebalancing the circumstances of the richest and poorest is not in Boris Johnson’s DNA, says TJ Coles
A committee of MPs has found that HMRC is failing to deal with an ‘avalanche’ of fraud by businesses during the pandemic, reports David Hencke
The Government scheme accused of aiding money laundering is still in operation, reports Sam Bright