12 h. ago ALEX BRUMMER: If this is a fixed economy, I'd hate to see a broken one

Nearly half a century has passed since Margaret Thatcher skewered the incumbent PM James Callaghan at the 1979 election with her famous ' Labour Isn't Working' poster, which showed...

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7 d. ago Labour's facing a crunch that will make the Truss market meltdown look like a tea party: ALEX BRUMMER

Britain's urgent need to bolster its defences in the face of Russian aggression poses the biggest threat to public finances since the 1976 sterling crisis.

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1 week ago ALEX BRUMMER: Fred Goodwin's ghost still stalks financial corridors

Politics explains why the Government held on to the NatWest stake for so long. No politicians, Labour or Tory, wanted blame for losing taxpayer cash.

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2 w. ago Fred Goodwin coins in £600k a year pension as final RBS sale set to cost taxpayers £10bn

The UK taxpayer is line for a £10bn loss when the former RBS group is finally returned to full private ownership this week.

Economics

2 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Reeves hasn't 'fixed the economic foundations'

As the Chancellor lives it up with her fellow G7 finance ministers at the £350-a-night Rimrock Resort Hotel in Canada's Rocky Mountains, her credibility at home is draining away.

Economics

3 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Trumpian tariff on movies is an arrow pointed at Britain

Donald Trump's movie adviser, veteran Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, thinks tax breaks for Hollywood rather than a blunt levy on foreigners is the answer.

Politics

4 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: The nation is in the grip of an immigration row

With the nation in the grip of an almighty row over immigration, you'd be forgiven for having missed the main story - but it's one you cannot afford to ignore.

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