Liz Truss shared the article [by John Penrose MP] calling for the government to be forced to keep to its “day-to-day budget” balanced. A senior minister has endorsed a proposal to let members of the public sue the government for spending too much. Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury,…
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Economists never agree on anything, right? Sometimes not even with themselves: President Truman famously asked for a one-armed economist because he got so fed up with them saying ‘on one hand this, but on the other hand that’. But hang on. Pretty much all of them agree that Britain’s economy…
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Starting a new job can be both exciting and daunting at the same time. You meet new colleagues and learn new skills, but many of us struggle at first with the detailed ins and outs of a new role. So spare a thought for the two new Cabinet Ministers, Jeremy…
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I don’t often write about national issues in this column. But these aren’t normal times and, with the EU ‘Chequers agreement’ and Cabinet Ministers resigning, this week is an exception! There will be a huge amount of hot air about what we should or shouldn’t be asking for in the…
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