People standing for parliament should have to prove they’re competent

Fire and flooding are making houses uninsurable Will this crash the housing market

DeepSeek is not just shaking up AI – it’s also shaking up US capitalism

People want better government, better jobs, and lower interest rates

Right-wing think tanks are promoting charter cities, and they’re a nightmare

Why is it that consumers are planning to spend less?

People are claiming Bitcoin is the new gold It isn’t

Is Keir Starmer a worse Prime Minister than Liz Truss?

Is Trump mad or bad Or could it be both

Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong

Why doesn’t the UK government ensure that all the benefits due to people are paid

We’re entering the Age of Aggression – a new era in political economy

Trump is going to hit the ground running this time

Labour needs an urgent re set, because it’s failing

Was Biden right to warn about the tech industrial complex?

Rachel Reeves is hanging on by her fingertips That never lasts for long

The UK’s housing costs are sucking life out of our economy

Reform wants to destroy the UK by destroying its money and its economy

Where is the UK economy now?

The rich don’t spend enough – and that means they shrink the economy

Is Scotland next on Trump’s shopping list, after Greenland?

What would Reform do about potholes?

The Bank of England is driving the UK economy into recession

Trump is on the march

Labour’s plans for private sector growth could just as easily deliver a recession

14 questions Keir Starmer needs to answer about growth

Unless Starmer delivers in 2025, the 2029 election is over for Labour

In 2025, we have to say yes to the power of the state

Has Wes Streeting got the ability to be our Health Secretary?

Energy price rises are due to regulation that favours companies, not people

Economics can be defined as a noun and a verb – and right now they are very different

What makes Reform a far right party?

What am I going to do in 2025?

Is politics going to be brutal and unacceptable in 2025?

2024 was an extraordinary year

2024 was hard, exciting and worthwhile How was yours?

Isn’t it rational to be anxious in a world that’s failing us all?

It’s St Stephen’s day today and he was really very awkward

Jesus was an economic reformer – and isn’t that what today is all about?

All I want for Christmas is a new political vision

Is Trump using legal threats to close down debate?

How come Labour can find money when it wants to?

Why are the Tories talking about flat taxes again?

Can democracy survive the amounts Musk can spend on politics?

Are the UK’s politicians frightened to stand up to wealth?

Will Trump deliver what he says he's going to do?

Something has to explain why politicians are now so bad

Growth has disappeared – so what is Rachel Reeves going to do now ?

Nationalising essential utilities – like water – should not cost taxpayers anything at all

What happens to all the money that disappears in a crash yt

Why has Rachel Reeves called in bankers to advise on the NHS?

We need a carbon army

Trump wants a crash to benefit the ultra wealthy

In political terms the opposite of hate is not love, but care

The government’s losing nearly £60 billion a year to fraud

Good businesses don’t maximise profits. They maximise happiness.

If ministers don’t believe in government it can’t work

Economic growth? Forget it.

The government's accounts are incomplete and out of date – so how can they govern properly?

Trump’s climate change denial is frightening