No, though that adds to the entire sector's problems. The 2026-27 rates revaluation on top of that hits some businesses exceptionally hard. There will, of course be rates appeals (which could ta… (View Post)

That's a very good point, both rhetorically, and as a simple matter of fairness (which is the one enduring political lodestone which pulls across the political divide). (View Post)

Another big, fat duck ? (View Post)

Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. The Justice Department estimated that this represents 4.5 billion doses of cocaine … (View Post)

I think Rachel Reeves survives this but if there’s evidence that Pippa Crerar of The Guardian alludes to and some of this was to stop a leadership challenge against Starmer then the First and Second … (View Post)