The much awaited “austerity budget” is due on 22nd June and both individuals and business communities await the various instruments of torture to be applied to direct and indirect taxation, benefits and spending cuts. There will be a lot of pain but how much can the electorate stand, noting that even if the election had [...]

The best news in the last week for the political parties in the run up to the UK election has been the Icelandic ash cloud that has engulfed most of Northern Europe over the last few days. Apart from causing travel chaos to thousands of people and costing the travel and ancillary industries millions in [...]

For those with mortgages or loans last weeks decision by the Bank of England to keep the UK base rate at 0.5% is good news, but for net savers it is now a year of exceptionally low returns with inflation more than cancelling out any interest earned. Indeed, it is also lucky that UK Plc’s debt mountain is [...]

At last the 6th May 2010, a date for the nation to decide on the next few years of Government. Which party, if any, will have the majority of the country’s vote and more importantly what will be the turnout level. The media have already done enough in the first few days since the announcement [...]