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Back to SearchHow Damaged Is Reeves By Budget Chaos?
Why have investors turned against Reeves and Starmer? Was the u-turn on the income tax rise bad economics and bad politics? How will the budget rais…
4 months, 1 week ago
224. Would Ousting Starmer Risk Economic Meltdown?
How much will a political coup against the Prime Minister affect the confidence of UK investors? Are Reform capitalising on Rachel Reeves’ negativity…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
223. Is The AI Boom Like 1929 Or The Dot Com Bubble?
What does the 1929 crash teach us about now? Is the AI boom as dangerous as the Great Crash? If it goes pop, what will we be left with?
Robert spea…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
222. The Four Budget Priorities For Rachel Reeves
Did the Chancellor’s pre-budget speech work? Why should she increase the basic rate of income tax? Is it time to abolish the pensioner’s triple lock?…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Reeves Should Put Up Income Tax
Can the truce between Trump and Xi hold? What should Starmer do now to prepare for the coming AI shock? And how can Reeves’s budget combine tax rises…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How Do We Make Big Business Behave?
How can investors compel companies to pay the “real” living wage and stop selling foods that make us obese? Can anyone with a pension put pressure on…
5 months ago
When Do Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves?
What role can tax play in reviving the UK? Is Trump a protectionist or free trader at heart? What does the economist who inspired Truss make of her n…
5 months ago
How Do We Get Off The Escalator Of Ever Rising Taxes?
Should the budget stop the avoidance of employers’ national insurance by the UK’s highest paid professions? How does the government restore the confi…
5 months, 1 week ago
Is Reeves To Blame For The Budget Hole?
How can Rachel Reeves deliver a budget that means she won’t have to raise taxes again next year? What would rational tax reform look like? Should th…
5 months, 1 week ago
216. What Are The Jobs Of The Future?
Why have graduate job vacancies collapsed? How is AI changing how we work? How can companies become forces for good?
Robert Peston chats with James…
5 months, 2 weeks ago