Labour’s nationalisation plans: The threat and opportunity

The Labour Party is expected to release its manifesto this week, with leader Jeremy Corbyn promising to publish “the most transformative, radical and exciting programme ever put before the British electorate”. The party is set to recommit to some of its major pledges made in 2017, including plans to bring …

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Dividend payouts hit by global headwinds

The slowdown in dividend payouts by the world’s biggest companies continued in the third quarter as waning profit growth hit shareholder payouts. Investors are bracing for further headwinds in 2020 as the global economic picture darkens. The US-China trade war is thwarting economic growth, and major economies such as the …

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Western Mail letters: Monday, November 18, 2019

Of course we are a colony of England Adam Price’s comment that Wales’ status was “analogous if not identical” to the colonial experience has raised complaints. He is not the first to raise this issue. In March BBC Wales broadcast two programmes entitled “Wales: England’s colony?”. An issue that confirms …

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Beware pension dashboards that debut as sales aids

Seasoned political watchers have had their eyes glued to the historic high drama of the EU Withdrawal Agreement – but they will have also been watching debates on the Queen’s Speech. A peculiarly British mechanism by which the government of the day outlines its legislative programme, this Queen’s Speech brought …

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