The TelegraphNowAnother price rise is the last thing rail passengers needThe Telegraph - Ben MarlowSo the last thing Britain needs right now is the sort of corporate merger that brings huge benefits to the two companies concerned but results in consumers being drastically short-changed. On the face of it, a tie-up of the rail unit of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi with the signalling arm of French …
The TelegraphNowHow Brexit paved the way for Jeremy Hunt to unshackle the CityThe Telegraph - By Tom ReesSix years on from the Brexit vote, warnings of an exodus of money and jobs from the City have proven to be overblown. Brexit has not led to a crash for the City. But until Friday’s “Big Bang 2.0”, Britain had also failed to take advantage of the opportunities available to give London a competitive …
The Telegraph11 hours agoHow Hunt’s tax raid has depressed consumer spendingThe Telegraph - By Eir NolsøeWith rail strikes, cold weather and a cost of living crisis to contend with, retailers and hospitality businesses were already facing up to a lean Christmas this year even before Jeremy Hunt stood up to the Despatch Box to deliver his Autumn Statement. The Chancellor only added to the misery with a …
The Telegraph11 hours agoDriving home for Christmas? Roadworks suspended amid fears of motorway chaosThe Telegraph - By Oliver Gill,Almost 1,000 miles of roadworks are set to be lifted over Christmas to ease motorway congestion exacerbated by strikes on the railways. Officials from National Highways and the Department for Transport are understood to be putting the final touches to a plan to allow traffic to flow more easily. The …
The Telegraph12 hours agoPost-Brexit London can take on New York, says HuntThe Telegraph - By Daniel Sanderson,Jeremy Hunt has vowed to help the City take on New York as the world’s preeminent financial centre with a raft of reforms aimed at restoring the appetite for risk across London. Using new post-Brexit powers, the Chancellor unveiled details of the “Big Bang 2.0” that plans to loosen bank …
The Telegraph23 hours agoGood morningThe TelegraphJeremy Hunt says Britain can now compete with the US and Asia's financial centres after he unveiled the biggest loosening of City regulations in a generation. The Chancellor denied that it is reckless to be relaxing financial regulations that were put in place after the global financial crisis in …
