Andrew Lilico

Disgraced BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards could still receive a £300,000-a-year BBC pension. Many are horrified by this.

According to research published as part of the Institute for Fiscal Studies “Green Budget”, UK productivity growth over the past decade – in terms of output per worker – has grown at its slowest pace since at least 1850.

One of the emerging features of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is perhaps something of a surprise to non-specialists is quite how much energy it is going to involve.

One of the ways the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is expected to raise revenue in the Budget is through increases in inheritance tax . It's curious, therefore, to remember that, not all that many years ago, all the talk was of large cuts to inheritance tax or even its abolition, and that debates about that may have decided the timing, and perhaps even result, of a General Election.

Using the Commonwealth to project British power and values is a fantasy We should focus on our natural CANZUK allies, not nations with post-imperial grudges

It’s always easier to attack than to make difficult choices. The Chancellor must choose who she wants to hate her

Rachel Reeves has delivered her first Budget as Chancellor , in an epically long 80 minutes speech.

Flashy tax rises should leave us sceptical as to whether any new revenue actually comes in

Is the UK economy actually capable of producing this much tax? Attempts to raise tax beyond a certain point tend to make high-income workers and capital leave

Over the weekend, there was a flurry of excitement on X, eventually taken up in certain newspapers, about a Parliamentary Written Answer given last week by Economic Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq.