Alex Brummer

The Chancellor (pictured) wants to unleash more investment in Britain's creaking infrastructure, local communities and tech, IT and pharma start-ups.

ALEX BRUMMER: Never has the intellectual divide between political leaders on each side of the Atlantic been greater.

Among the many dismal aspects of Chancellor Rachel Reeves's first Budget, the growth forecast was the most disappointing.

By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: Of the many gloomy aspects of Rachel Reeves' budget, the growth forecast was the most disappointing.

The Prime Minister's dismal August performance in the Downing Street rose garden was a deadly blow to rising consumer and business confidence.

When finally disgorged from the crowded buses, we all had to lug our hand luggage through the rain, across the Tarmac, before climbing up steep steps to the plane.

The revival of car making in the UK is a great triumph. Overseas ownership injected new life into exports and a sector which looked doomed.

Amid the outrage over a poorly designed £40bn tax-raising Budget, Labour's most misplaced act of socialism has gone almost unnoticed.

Santander joins the lengthening list of UK financial firms preparing for payouts to motorists for hidden car finance commissions.

A perennial complaint, often heard, is the lack of towering figures and the contested battles which once dominated the City.