Presumably their existence has given the markets confidence that the figures presented by the government are neutral and can be trusted, thus leading to lower borrowing rates for the government which… (View Post)

Keep hearing that higher taxes will kill off growth. Haven't countries like Denmark, along with the other Scando countries, had much higher taxes than the UK yet there is zero evidence that they have… (View Post)

Hiya in real life to @Cookie who really does live just up the road from me, met him for first time today (View Post)

FT has the figures on the Speke plant. Conservatives had offered a grant of £70m towards the £450m cost of the new plant (15.5% of construction cost) as well as £20m of national R&D contracts for… (View Post)

Down by a very similar amount as every other global market today then? You're grasping (View Post)