Alex Brummer

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Scrutiny on Burnham now likely to be more intense than anything he’s faced as Greater Mancs major. Been pointed out that unlike Mayor of London, he has not faced the sort of intense questioning Khan does in front of London Assembly. As a metro mayor Burnham merely put in front

@faisalislam @rcolvile Past my sell date!

NEW Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announces that the new lower speed curtailed HS2 trains between Old Oak Common and Brum will not run start running for at least a decade, and might not start until.. 2039.

The Nova exhibition in London is absolutely incredible and everyone should see it, whatever your politics or religion. Immersive and unforgettable, tragedy narrated with devastating clarity

International creditors are alarmed that of the £132bn Labour borrowed during the fiscal year to March, a jaw-dropping £110bn went on debt interest payments – almost the same as state education spending, twice what we spend on defence. Yes, the Tories left national debt north of 90pc of GDP. But this economically naive government has made a bad situation far worse. Now, with Labour lurching further left after getting hammered in recent local elections, the markets are calling time. It’s clear Keir Starmer will soon be replaced by someone even more leftwing. All leadership rivals in the frame would crank up borrowing and spending even more than Labour already has since taking office in July 2024. Back then, the Office for Budget Responsibility was forecasting state borrowing of £323bn by the end of the fiscal year 2029. Labour’s run-away spending and growth-crushing tax rises means that same five-year borrowing forecast is now £583bn – 80pc higher. But the trade unions, MPs and Labour activists who will choose Starmer’s successor want even more. Since Labour took office, the UK’s 10-year gilt yield has risen by 1.16 percentage points (or 116 basis points), compared to 86bps in France, 79bps in Germany and just 17bps in Italy. 🧵6/7

Make no mistake we're staring at worst financial crisis in 50 years newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7794/read…

Labour betrays our firms newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7790/read…

Whoever’s in charge, Labour is hell-bent on doubling down on every wealth destroying mistake in the Socialist playbook newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7781/read…

Storm today!

Today's Mail on Sunday

Battle of investment trusts

Curse of High Street buyouts newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7757/read…

Why the men and women who REALLY run our economy will be watching what happens today with trepidation newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7757/read…

As a Jewish person the terrible events in North London are spine chilling. Our thoughts must be with those injured going about their normal lives. But I am also struck by how little in the way of words of support I have received from non-Jewish friends. Strange silence.

The choice of Jonathan Liew who's vile attacks on bakery Gail's as sports columnist of the year tells us all we need to know about how antiSemitism is respectable in Britain.

The rent control spat

All going wrong?

What the Governor of the Bank of England has just told me about what’s REALLY terrifying the world’s economic leaders — and it’s not the Iran war newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7686/read…

Democracy flame to burn at BP newspaper.mailplus.co.uk/data/7686/read…