9 h. ago ALEX BRUMMER: The lies of Labour's manifesto visible for all to see

The rise in employers' National Insurance contributions has caused serious grief for working people. The promise not to raise income tax also was a fiction

Politics

19 h. ago Rachel Reeves is in a desperate search for scapegoats for her own incompetence

At the City of London Regulators' dinner at the Mansion House, a deputy governor of the Bank of England was positively lyrical about how the UK was faring after cutting ties with Brussels.

Politics

3 d. ago The Budget's even tougher and more destructive than anyone imagined, reveals ALEX BRUMMER. What I'm going to tell you about spending will REALLY infuriate you... and explains why you feel so poor

Rachel Reeves's claim that she is Britain's 'Iron Chancellor' has been demolished by a torrent of public spending in the first half of this financial year.

Economics

7 d. ago ALEX BRUMMER: I've just met the world's top financiers and they're terrified. A catastrophic crash that will destroy savings, prosperity and living standard is coming. Britain's in deep, deep trouble

Every October, some 10,000 finance ministers and bankers from 190 nations around the planet assemble in Washington for the annual gathering of the International Monetary Fund

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8 d. ago Wealthy pay a heavy price: Reeves's failure to cut the benefits bill is costing Britain dear, says ALEX BRUMMER

Rachel Reeves may only be attending her second annual meeting of the top IMF and G7 finance ministers. But the Chancellor already is a veteran.

Economics

1 week ago The next global economic earthquake is set to strike and Britain is completely unprepared. I fear for all of us

Reeves' pledges to 'fix the foundations' of the British economy have subsided. The Chancellor's refrain that she would never take the risks the Conservatives took has proved hollow.

Economics

1 week ago The veneer of respectability given to Hamas is an open wound: ALEX BRUMMER

The tears of relief flowed freely among members of my family, scattered as they are across the globe as the 20 Israeli hostages who are still alive were freed yesterday from the hands of evil.

Politics

1 week ago Trump's rare earth row with China casts a dark shadow over the global economy, says ALEX BRUMMER

Washington and Beijing are at daggers, despite Trump's claims of a good relationship with supreme Chinese leader Xi Jinping (pictured together).

Politics

2 w. ago Watch out for black swans: The trigger for financial crashes rarely is predicted by watchdogs, says ALEX BRUMMER

These are tense days for capital markets with warnings from the Bank of England and International Monetary Fund over inflated AI valuations.

Events

2 w. ago Lenders betray public trust: Car finance scandal victims deserve their compensation, says ALEX BRUMMER

The gravitational pull of Generation Y towards fintech sites such as Revolut, Wise and Monzo, is often attributed to their tech-savvy skills.

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2 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: The signs of a global financial crash are everywhere. Gold's hit record prices... we'd be wise to prepare for catastrophe

About a quarter of a century ago, when I was researching a profile of the Bank of England, I was invited to tour its vast vaults.

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3 w. ago Reeves appears utterly incapable of understanding that higher taxes crush aspiration, enterprise, growth and prosperity: ALEX BRUMMER

Well, one thing is for sure. Spending money lavishly then clawing it back from the taxpayer is still the Labour way.

Politics

3 w. ago DAN HODGES: Labour's lies are unravelling: Insiders have now admitted slush fund run by PM's top adviser WAS secretly used to install Starmer as leader

'The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.'

Politics

4 w. ago In fifty years as a City writer, I've never felt so worried a terrible financial crash is coming. The warning signs are EVERYWHERE, writes ALEX BRUMMER

We are very possibly heading for a historic crash, one that could presage all manner of impoverishment, ruined careers, decimated retirement prospects, social unrest - and worse.

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