Brace Yourself for a Spring Statement Shambles

Brace Yourself for a Spring Statement Shambles

On Wednesday the Government is set to come out with its Spring Statement, aka mini-budget. With the cost of living crisis squeezing British households and the war in Ukraine causing a humanitarian crisis in Europe and a redesign of the global economic order, the...
Dante was wrong. There are in fact 10 circles of hell

Dante was wrong. There are in fact 10 circles of hell

According to Dante, there are nine circles of Hell. He was wrong. There are in fact 10. The tenth is occupied by former Government housing ministers and is named Ineptitude.This ineptitude was highlighted once again today with the publication of a report by the...
UK property market goes down the rabbit hole

UK property market goes down the rabbit hole

There’s surreal and there’s the UK property market, which takes surreal to a whole new level. Imagine Dali, on angel dust.The Halifax house price index for February delivered monthly price growth of 0.5% and annual growth of 10.8%, the strongest level since June 2007,...