The global economic landscape is shifting, and we need to shift with it through overhauling our planning system, bringing forward our industrial strategy and cutting excess red tape. We are ready embracing that new era and ready to tackle it.”
The one upside for Reeves is that it’s now going to be quite easy to make the argument that the world has changed.”
I would have thought the central expectation now must be that if she is sticking to her fiscal rules, she’ll need to increase taxes in the autumn by possibly some significant amount.”
Our broader economic strategy remains the same – we need to offer stability to make the UK an attractive place to invest,
None of our basic protections for children and vulnerable people are up for negotiation,
I get that, ... But the implementation – the ways he’s gone about it – is just awful. I’m definitely worried about a recession, and people spending less.”
We’ll try to take the brunt of it at first and see how that goes. If it gets to 50% then we’ll see. We’re not really sure if the manufacturers themselves will try to do something and so everybody takes a bit of the hit.”
I was a bit apprehensive, but he just asked me to pronounce my name, so it was all good,
Our Easter order was over £7,000 [$9,100] more compared to last year and we didn’t grossly increase the quantities,
The price of chocolate has gone up astronomically,
The main feeling is that [Trump] is completely bonkers,
The second is that the looming global trade war is proving the greater leveller for rate spreads,
The first is that the euro has better liquidity than sterling and will benefit more as investors leave the dollar,
Tariffs mean the US produces more goods at home, demanding more energy, and leaving less oil and gas available to export to Europe.”
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We have to try and find new homes for some of it,
It became clear to me that we could never have done it without the Americans. I thought, ‘This is crazy — what happens if the Americans decide they don’t want to be part of it?’
We want to involve businesses in that decision, and we need to be clear that we keep all options on the table,
We have a very good dialogue,
We have been absolutely clear that all options are on the table as we ensure the national interests of the British people, who will be very concerned at this time about how this affects the bottom line for them and their economic welfare.”