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HAMISH MCRAE: Coming weeks will be difficult, but recessions, whatever their cause, always feel pretty dreadful – so far long slog out of this one is intact By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 October 2020 It is a glum autumn and it is … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Sunak has done more to support the economy than anybody rightfully could have expected By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 9 October 2020 The sub-octane growth data for August underline how vulnerable the UK still is to the pandemic.  The economy has … Read more

Britain’s flying circus: It is farcical that government has taken so long to look into airport Covid testing, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 Whatever happened to the ‘can-do’ Dunkirk spirit?  The very notion that 200 days after … Read more

Hitachi’s abandonment of nuclear investment at Wylfa in Anglesey together with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s harder line on human rights in China may do Britain’s struggling engineering warrior Rolls-Royce a favour. For the last several years, the group’s researchers have been championing British-designed and manufactured small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide a solution to energy … Read more

Small and micro businesses are the backbone of the British economy. So it comes as no surprise that, when commerce was shut down, the Chancellor felt he had to come to the rescue.

Pensions minister Guy Opperman needs to wake up to the fact that hundreds of thousands of women are missing out on millions of pounds in retirement on his watch. Over the past six months, Money Mail has received a flood of letters from older women who have been denied their rightful state pension for years, … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: As Cineworld temporarily closes its doors, there needs to be recognition that the days of large scale cinema-going may be over As an entertainment group built on debt, Cineworld was always going to be vulnerable in the pandemic  An increasing number of households have access to movies at their fingertips  By Alex Brummer … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: When people lack confidence, they pile money into savings accounts, even at negative rates – the only solution is to restore calm Consumer spending has recovered, even though consumer confidence is low Britons are saving at extraordinarily high levels, even though they are losing money in real terms as a result By Ruth … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: When people lack confidence, they pile money into savings accounts, even at negative rates – only solution is to restore calm Consumer spending has recovered, even though consumer confidence is low Britons are saving at extraordinarily high levels, even though they are losing money in real terms as a result By Ruth Sunderland … Read more

Technology has come a long way and returns have stacked up for investors in recent years, but the story of tech is littered with losses too It seems as if investors’ love of technology has been with us almost since Noah left the Ark. Of course, this is not quite the case. I remember my … Read more