Catalonia is not in my good books this evening. I was invited by the very active and quite impressive Catalan investment board to a reception at the Shard to celebrate their winning some sort of glob… (View Post)

We’ve had net emigration of EU citizens since Brexit - last year almost 100k net outward movement. I know several of them. Some of those will be highly skilled workers. (View Post)

We need a chancellor brave enough to announce they are bringing back boom and bust. “It’s time for a return to boom and bust. No more sclerotic growth!” In all seriousness we could do with some of th… (View Post)

Some of us are bracing already. If one of the think tank proposals currently doing numbers actually goes ahead then I’ll have a >50k tax rise. Which is definitely in ouch territory. (View Post)

Many would argue this is the opposite to what we should be doing. Our tax base has narrowed considerably over the years. Partly due to demographics, partly deliberate tax policy. The fewer people you… (View Post)