DARK SECRETS: 6 - The Real Truth

'End of an era': the last Molycop steel-makers work final shift

The company cut 250 of 540 jobs at the Waratah plant.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 8, 2024

Brexit’s pint-sized ‘benefits’ are a measure of its failure

Wine in imperial measures, we are told, is ‘what leaving was all about’, while the UK struggles outside the single market

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

'Nothing lasts forever': last shift for Molycop bar mill workers after decades

'It's a sad day, but it's all part of life, nothing lasts forever.'

Newcastle Herald · Dec 22, 2023

OBR halves UK growth forecast and warns inflation will exceed 2% target until 2025

Despite £27bn windfall for the autumn statement, government forecaster warns of generally more difficult outlook until 2028

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023

Rishi Sunak says tax cuts on the way ahead of autumn statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt forecast to cut national insurance – as PM promises to ‘reward work’

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Rishi Sunak: It’s time to cut tax to grow Britain’s economy

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said to be ready to cut national insurance – as PM promises to ‘reward work’ and boost growth at autumn statement

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Water charges ‘would be biggest revenue raiser by far in Northern Ireland’

The move could bring in £350m million per year, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was told.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

UK economy in ‘horrible’ bind with no room for tax cuts as recession looms – IFS

Britain is heading towards a recession next year as borrowing costs stay elevated, the IFS warned in its latest Green Budget.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

To all the doubters who still think Labour too tame: read its policies – and finally believe

From clean energy to affordable housing, Rachel Reeves says she has a plan to pay for it all, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group

Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023