Economics

No need to despair. Only to act.

Confirmed: the UK government is headed into slow bankruptcy. There is no avoiding the fact that years of spending promises are becoming chronically…

Jul 14 • Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA

How to Save the UK from Collapse: Lessons from Argentina

The UK urgently needs to learn from Javier Milei, before it's too late.

Jun 24 • Robert Marstrand

The economy: could I be wrong?

Since the Global Financial Crisis, I have feared a fiscal and monetary disaster. I find myself challenged to ask whether we might muddle through…

Apr 14 • Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA

The Numbers the Chancellor Reads Out Are Fiction

The Treasury invents a number. The Chancellor reads it out. The taxpayer pays when it turns out to be fiction.

Apr 8 • Harry Richer

Lord Jon Moynihan | Britain Unleashed: Returning to Growth

Watch now | Lord Jon Moynihan's full address to the Fighting for a Free Future event 'Britain Unleashed: Returning to Growth'.

Apr 2

15:45

Lord David Frost | Britain Unleashed: Returning to Growth

Watch now | Lord David Frost's full address at the Fighting for a Free Future event 'Britain Unleashed: Returning to Growth'.

Apr 1

14:00

Can we please stop the nonsense about Brexit?

No, Brexit has not hit GDP by 8%. No, joining the Customs Union is not a good idea. And no, taking economic regulations with no say is not a benefit…

Mar 24 • Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA

You Can Be “Progressive” and Economically Liberal

Misconceptions about Scandinavian social democracies are widely held but wrong, writes Viggo Terling.

Mar 18 • Viggo Terling

Liar! Liar! Pants on fire.

On truth, lies, politics and politicians.

Dec 2, 2025 • Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA

When is a Budget not a Budget?

At the Budget last week, the Chancellor announced a tax grab on hard working Brits to fund handouts. Even worse, she has been caught in a clear lie…

Dec 1, 2025 • Temple Melville

Budget 2025: Labour is doing the worst kind of austerity

Austerity is the bill that arrives after years of fiscal mismanagement. It is not a moral choice but a consequence.

Nov 27, 2025 • Mani Basharzad

Budget 2025: let's break free from this doom loop

As the Chancellor prepares her Budget, the nation confronts uncomfortable truths about decades of monetary manipulation, bloated government spending and…

Nov 25, 2025 • Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA

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