The ongoing Birmingham bin strikes have been unusually hard to solve because they sit at the intersection of local politics, finances, and union relations.

The modern debasement trade involves investors moving away from fiat currencies, such as the dollar, in favour of “harder” assets that provide safety from the risk of rampant inflation.

The tradition of liberalism in the British Isles is something that we have historically valued immensely.

Why there are so many potholes in the UK, and why are they so hard to fix?

The EU has announced it will match Donald Trump’s steel tariffs, doubling levies on imports to 50% in a decision condemned as “an existential threat” to the industry in the UK.

Sometimes in scientific discovery we speak of a theory ‘dying the death of a thousand modifications.’

Yes, read the legend, this is indeed adjusted for prices across geography.

New towns always pose the problem that if they have not grown organically, where is the supporting structure of relationships, the interlocking chain of suppliers, and the businesses supporting each other?

So, we’ve now one political party explicitly committed to abolishing landlords.

VAT on private education is counter-productive: It makes private education more expensive, pushing more children into the state system, which increases the burden on taxpayers rather than relieving it. 

Tom Calver has a useful piece on where economic growth might come from.

Just to remind of the basics of dealing with climate change from the Stern Review.