Three ways to save big money for the government By johnredwood on September 11, 2025 The first is well known to readers here. Cut the bond losses. More about that tomorrow.That will help get the

Are we losing the economic war against Russia? Have the sanctions supposedly against Russia hit London harder than Moscow? Britain’s energy costs are higher than Germany’s. The result is

What is the IMF really saying about the UK economy? By Sir John Redwood on May 29, 2025 The headlines from the IMF were a relief to the government. By their low European standards for growth the UK

The UK is much better off out of the EU By johnredwood on January 30, 2025 Our last year charged as a member of the EU meant we paid them £17 bn in tax revenues. We got £4.4 bn back , making a net

No to another EU power grab By johnredwood on December 14, 2024 So now we read confirmation the the EU wants us to accept freedom of movement for under 30 s. They want to grab more of our fish for

Today let us begin with the second and third largest increases in spending in recent years, Bank of England losses and debt interest. There is no need to restate the detail of how the Bank’s losses

The Bank of England wriggles again over its bonds By johnredwood on August 26, 2024 We are due a reconsideration of the Bank's policy of running down its bond holdings by £100bn a year. It looks as

Brexit wins johnredwood May 10 It is most disappointing that the government has not replaced the EU economic controls with better ones, has not removed or improved much EU law and paid so much to the

The British Business Bank makes big losses johnredwood March 3 Last year the taxpayer owned British Business Bank lost us £147 million. Its auditors said it can carry on trading because taxpayers

johnredwood January 29 The EU in 2020 made a momentous decision. With the UK no longer having voice or vote to oppose, they decided to go ahead with large borrowing programmes at EU level. Germany