Growth negligence: Britain’s budget
The tax-and-spend plan was fine-tuned to avoid immediate political jeopardy. But it will do little to help Britain’s chronic growth problem, and is likely to erode further the political centre. We mee...
27 Nov 202522min
Party likes it 1959: Cuba in crisis
The country’s Communist Party leadership continues to cling to old ideals amid on-again, off-again diplomacy with America—and the people’s suffering only deepens. Britain is making the most of its adv...
26 Nov 202523min
Wage against the machine: the distortions of minimum pay
For decades governments have found minimum-wage rises a politically expedient means of redistribution. But the onward economic distortions have at last become clear. Of course AI can write a faster co...
25 Nov 202522min
Emission creep: a contentious COP closes
It is telling and troubling that the annual climate talking-shop’s outcome did not even mention fossil fuels. We ask whether the COP process is still fit for purpose. Cryptocurrencies could be heading...
24 Nov 202525min
Flee country: Britain seeks to slash migration
Britain’s home secretary Shabana Mahmood proposed a big shift in immigration policy this week. Our correspondent explains Labour’s reforms – and the reasoning behind them. Why military spy balloons ar...
21 Nov 202523min
War graft: scandal engulfs Ukraine
Pentagon officials are meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to discuss a Russia-US peace proposal Ukraine had no part in writing. That merely adds pressure as a giant corruption crisis is alre...
20 Nov 202525min
Crown prince arming: Trump sells jets to MBS
Muhammad bin Salman’s first visit to the White House in seven years earned the Saudi crown prince new weapons, giant tech deals and a burnished reputation. Our correspondent explains Trump’s warm welc...
19 Nov 202521min
After Sheikh: what next for Bangladesh?
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. The country is at a pivotal moment as it heads towards parliamentary elections next year. D...
18 Nov 202519min
