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.

Morocco protests turn deadly as youth rage against World Cup.

Western economies are often castigated for producing too much waste. Maybe they do, because waste is a feature of the affluence that capitalism brings.