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VICTORIA BISCHOFF: If NS&I axes cheques, what’s to stop other banks from following suit? By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 News that NS&I has delayed plans to axe Premium Bond prize cheques will come as an enormous relief to millions of … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: It may be hard to feel sorry for Philip Green but is it fair to single him out over pension deficits? By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 30 November 2020 The political clamour for Philip Green to pay up and make good … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Setting up Treasury North on Teesside would be a huge show of faith – it would be an investment that will deliver real returns Rishi Sunak sees himself as a Northern Chancellor but does not conform to the old Andy Capp stereotype His plan to tilt the balance of economic power away from … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Lloyds shows cash CAN survive – bank to launch new cashback initiative with local retailers By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 28 November 2020 Our longstanding campaign to keep cash on the high street has not been lost in all the … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: In uncertain times, we must bolt down what we know, be frank about what we don’t, and make a cool judgment about the ways forward National Debt will end up at around 100 per cent of GDP before public finances come back under control  It would be great if we could figure out … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Taking on the digital giants will be like David versus Goliath without an effective slingshot By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 There is absolutely no question that amid the commercial carnage unleashed by coronavirus, the biggest winners have been … Read more

Britain through a beer glass: The chaos in the hospitality industry illustrates the uphill struggle facing UK plc, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 26 November 2020 The very idea that with one bound the economy would be free on December … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Bank of England takes up the slack amid fears for its independence By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 Under the leadership of Governor Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England has done a sterling job in helping to limit the … Read more

The last chairman of the Federal Reserve to move from the US central bank to the US Treasury – G William Miller – did so at a moment of turmoil. In the final years of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, inflation was out of control, unemployment rising and the dollar falling like a stone. Miller, a former … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Investing’s not just for the wealthy… so is it time to make your savings pay? By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 When it comes to investing, there is nothing wrong with a healthy dose of fear. It stops you … Read more