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Daily Market Brief April 30, 202530 April 2025: Reeves plans a major pension shake-up
GBP – Market Commentary Business confidence falls as tariff threat bites The Chancellor of the Exchequer is planning a...
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Daily Market Brief April 29, 202529 April 2025: Has Reeves blown the only chance she had of a trade deal?
GBP – Market Commentary Washington briefings prove to be premature The entourage who escorted Rachel Reeves on her visit...
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Daily Market Brief April 28, 202528 April 2025: Pension funds believe that the UK is “undervalued”
GBP – Market Commentary Bailey is concerned about “trump contagion” Rachel Reeves has returned from Washington without having secured...
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Daily Market Brief April 25, 202525 April 2025: Starmer faces a stark choice: fix Brexit or agree a trade deal with the U.S
GBP – Market Commentary Reeves is confident that a trade deal will be agreed Bank of England Governor Andrew...
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Daily Market Brief April 24, 202524 April 2025: Public sector borrowing creates yet another black hole
GBP – Market Commentary British fishermen furious with Starmer over EU capitulation Rachel Reeves, in Washington for the IMF...
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Daily Market Brief April 23, 202523 April 2025: Hopes for a growth upturn are fading fast
GBP – Market Commentary Reeves may need to revise her fiscal policies Since taking over as Chancellor of the...
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Daily Market Brief April 22, 202522 April 2025: Reeves is in Washington for the IMF Spring meeting
GBP – Market Commentary Events are dictating the pace of rate cuts Rachel Reeves will fly to the U.S....
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Daily Market Brief April 17, 202517 April 2025: Reeves says that the fall in inflation shows the plan is working
GBP – Market Commentary Starmer is avoiding cutting tax on U.S. tech firms The U.S. administration is pressuring the...
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Daily Market Brief April 16, 202516 April 2025: Political donors are deserting both main parties
GBP – Market Commentary Average earnings rose in March, as unemployment rose marginally The UK has been placed firmly...
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Daily Market Brief April 15, 202515 April 2025: Chinese sabotage or Trump-style rumour mongering?
GBP – Market Commentary Reeves may have “painted herself into a corner” There is a form of paranoia pervading...
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Daily Market Brief April 14, 202514 April 2025: Labour is making “a rod for its own back” over Scunthorpe
GBP – Market Commentary Parliament votes for a bailout The government took the unusual, if not unprecedented, step of...
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Daily Market Brief April 11, 202511 April 2025: Haskell signals his intention to vote “hold”
GBP – Market Commentary Tesco aims to cut £500 million in overheads following tax rises When one hears members...