In 1900, aviation was still the province of imaginative writers such as HG Wells. In 1945, the main experience of aviation was as an aspect of war, with British cities bombed from the air, Spitfires and Hurricanes in dogfights with...
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The key to a successful Labour government from May 2015 lies in abandoning Tory/Lib Dem austerity and going for growth.
All our ambitions for seeing that everyone shares in higher living standards, for restoring security at work, for expanding public services,...
There has always been a strand in Labour thinking that has had it in for the Treasury.
The argument goes that all that is holding a victorious Labour government back from transforming the British economy into a fair, growth-orientated, balanced place...
Last month I met up with author Ian Fraser to discuss his must-read new book Shredded – Inside RBS, the Bank that Broke Britain.
Shredded, which documents the rise and fall of RBS, is a gripping story that every British taxpayer...
The UK reached a significant macroeconomic anniversary at the end of last year: the country's consecutive deficit on the current account turned 30 years old. Once was the time when ‘balance of payments’ issues of this kind mattered politically. But...
There was a copy of the London Evening Standard waiting for me on the table as I slumped down on the train to St Pancras. The headline snapped at me: ‘LONDON: THE £12BN TECH POWERHOUSE’.
“London’s booming tech industry ,” it...