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After the Government’s colossal coronavirus spending spree, we can all expect changes to our finances this year. There is now something in store for us all – from state pension pay rises and council tax hikes, to the end of the stamp duty holiday for home buyers. Here, Money Mail takes a look at the … Read more
Boris Johnson’s allies blamed ‘gotcha’ questions for the PM bungling his own coronavirus lockdown policies today. The PM faced a welter of ridicule after embarrassingly getting muddled yesterday about the draconian rules imposed on households mixing in the North East. The blunder elicited a rare apology from Mr Johnson, who admitted he had ‘misspoken’ by … Read more
We are witnessing the slow demise of one of the great conceits of the modern world: the notion that the big-hearted State can protect us against every misfortune and that human beings are mere tools of State policy to be pushed about like pawns on a chessboard according to the changing impulses of its ministers. The … Read more
I moved into a new-build home in December. The developer passed meter readings, meter numbers and my personal details to British Gas. I intended to switch from the expensive standard tariff. A bill arrived in April and, although it was in my name, it was addressed to a neighbour’s house and had a different meter … Read more
Margaret Thatcher Vol 3: Herself Alone by Charles Moore (Allen Lane £35, 1,072 pp) Margaret Thatcher Vol 3: Herself Alone by Charles Moore (Allen Lane £35, 1,072 pp) Political biographies don’t get any better than this. For a start, there’s the thorough research sifting through a million pages of government and personal papers, backed up by … Read more