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Sir Keir Starmer has a very unlikely ally at the moment: the bond markets.

After the prime minister reportedly told his cabinet he would not resign, the long-term cost of government borrowing has remained stubbornly high, with the 30-year gilt yield hovering near 5.8 per cent - close to levels not seen in almost three decades. At the same time, traders are increasingly ...


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So the Welsh people have spoken, and the results are now in. The election leaves two major questions to consider: what do these results tell us about the priorities and attitudes of Welsh voters, and what impact will they have on Welsh policy, particularly on Net Zero?

Thursday’s historic result saw Rhun ap Iorwerth’s Plaid Cymru emerge as the largest party with 43 seat...


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Under the current government, taxes are on course to reach a post-war record high of 38.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade. Yet even this cannot satisfy the country’s voracious appetite for public spending, which has remained s...


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Why continuing Phase One is the biggest ill conceived gamble with taxpayers’ money

by: Stephen Cresswell 

I was sacked for blowing the whistle on costs at HS2. The Sunday Times ran the story; the Employment Tribunal found in my favour; HS2 Ltd admitted it had excluded me from the project for questioning costs.


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For the past year, the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s ‘Britain’s quangos uncovered’ campaign has been shining a light on quangos and the growing burden they place on taxpayers and businesses. As part of...


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