Ben Ramanauskas
Bankers need bigger bonuses: Sunak is right to scrap the cap
City Voices: Scrapping the cap should improve the long-term performance of Britain's top banks
Sunak’s Harold Wilson act is a recipe for economic disaster
City Voices: If the Government is serious about growing the economy and levelling up then it needs to prioritise cities
Bank of England should speed up rate cuts to avoid further pain
City Voices: Higher interest rates and more people out of work means there is just less money to go around
We should scrap cash. It is holding our country back
City Voices: Going cashless would help fight crime, raise taxes and spur innovation
Poor ONS forecasts could be hurting our economy
City Voices: Investment decisions have already been made based on the incorrect economic analysis
Forget the Bibby Stockholm. We should give asylum seekers a job
City Voices: Taxpayers could save billions if asylum seekers were put in paid employment
CPTPP will do nothing for London
Modern trade deals do very little for the services sector and this agreement is no exception
More green belt homes are needed to fix London’s housing crisis
City Comment: The government needs to take on the NIMBYs, who are preventing young people from being able to have their own home
Sunak must balance the books, but not at the expense of the poor
City comment: The choices facing Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are stark given the perilous state of the public finances
Sunak must balance the books and restore confidence in the UK economy
Britain’s new prime minister needs to be fiscally conservative, provide targeted support for the very poorest, and implement radical supply side reforms.
Truss was right to go for growth but went about it all wrong
City comment: In an attempt to channel Thatcher Truss told us that the country was sick, but unlike Thatcher she misdiagnosed the problem and the medicine didn’t work.
Truss’ rush to get things done was short-sighted
City comment: Rather than hurrying to make announcements, the PM should have spent more time reassuring markets her policies were credible
Moving on up? Just stop the pound going down, Liz
City Voices: Truss’ speech showed she didn’t understand the causes of stagnant economic growth or has a credible plan to solve them