Opinion: Ties that bind must be robustly tested
An Australia-UK FTA is by no means a done deal It looked almost unseemly that, within hours of the news that Britain had voted to leave the European Union, senior figures in…
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Wealth, income and inequality
A Tale of Two Statistics Last week Oxfam ran a media campaign highlighting levels of inequality in the UK with a headline, “Richest 1 per cent owns 20 times more than UK’s…
Oxfam challenges the PM and business
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, must address the practices of “unscrupulous business” if she is to make good on her promise to close the gap between the haves and have-nots, Oxfam has…
Don’t blame globalisation, blame domestic policy
Globalisation has been blamed for many of the woes of the lower middle classes in western societies, as well as the subsequent rise of populism in the west, Donald Trump’s candidacy and…
Born in unusual times
Capital in the 21st Century is a surprising international best-seller. A highly detailed monograph from the renowned French economics professor, Thomas Piketty, the 690 page book seems an unlikely source for such global popularity. It is…
Immigration Exemptions Emerge
Leave supporters voted in droves to cut immigration, but implementing this demand would be no easy task as Home Secretary Amber Rudd said when pushed this week on how it would be…
Minister Backs Creative Industries
The United Kingdom’s creative industries will be “absolutely central” to the UK’s Brexit future, the new minister for Digital and Culture, Matt Hancock, said on Friday. In his first major speech to…
University Challenge
Universities in the United Kingdom today called on the Government to make clear whether or not European Union students will pay the same fees and have access to the same financial support…
The Europeans and Brexit
The United Kingdom may have voted to leave the European Union but the Brexit vote has made citizens in other countries value the EU more, according to survey results released on Friday….
“Make Paris the Capital of Smart Finance”
France is pulling out all the stops to make Paris the go to destination for business The steps France is taking to become the favoured destination for UK financial companies that choose…