Chris Blackhurst

Dua Lipa's filing of a $15 million (£11 million) lawsuit against Samsung for using her image on its TV packaging without her permission has raised eyebrows among London's learned friends.

A change of Prime Minister could bring a change of Chancellor - and economic direction

The so-called King of the North is set to challenge Keir Starmer to become the next prime minister. But in Manchester, he has ridden a wave first generated by two other unsung heroes, writes Chris Blackhurst

HS2 went wrong from the very outset by being named HS2. That will be one interpretation to be drawn from the report by former National Security Adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove.

The boom in higher education is turning to bust for university leavers discovering that new technology has eliminated the jobs they would normally walk into

The government promised to build 22,000 homes a quarter – but less than a tenth of that were begun in the first three months of this year. Wasn’t this meant to be a pro-growth government, asks Chris Blackhurst

Here we go again. Or rather, here our political leaders go again. As the reality of what Labour did to itself sinks in, the only people excited by

Andy Burnham’s vision for nationalisation exposes the gap between ambition and affordability with the bond markets quietly deciding what’s really achievable, writes Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst The difference between how Burnham is perceived by his enthusiastic bag carriers and the City could not be starker.

Record numbers of young people are not in employment, education or training. Businesses are quick to whinge about the government, the unions and the minimum wage – but it’s time they stepped up, writes Chris Blackhurst