Furlough didn’t save millions of jobs – its true costs are only now becoming clear, says Fraser Nelson. "The £70bn scheme led to a welfare crisis, not a jobs recovery."
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An all-pervasive 'just be kind' mindset in every walk of life is turning the economy to mush, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes. And it's being driven by out-of-control HR.
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Labour has slashed its original £28bn green borrowing plan by 80%, blaming Liz Truss (no, really), and unveiled a new tax raid on oil and gas giants to bankroll the Net Zero drive.
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Lockdowns were the worst way to respond to the virus, says business owner Alastair MacMillan, who shares his experience of what seemed to work (vitamin D, air cleaners) and what didn't (masks and vaccines).
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The Net Zero green energy illusion is dying as reality catches up with it, says Francis Menton. But the economies of the U.K. and Germany are dying as well as Net Zero takes them down with it.
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How much bigger does the welfare crisis need to become before it is a political talking point, asks Fraser Nelson in the Spectator.
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Buenos Aires protests against President Milei's economic reforms have incurred a security bill of £57,500 for the organisers.
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The rise of the American-led West was supposed to be the 'end of history' as liberal democracy triumphed. But with the self-hating West stuck in a Net Zero doom loop, is the ascendancy of the autocracies now unstoppable?
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According to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Brexit has been a major cause of the woeful performance of the U.K. economy over the last few years. That's nonsense, says Matthew Lynn. The truth is it was lockdown.
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As our politicians cheer economic disasters as supposed wins for the climate, can't they see the damage they are doing to our country with their headlong pursuit of Net Zero, asks David Craig.
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