RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus has exposed Britain’s blindness to the dangers of debt – this time, it is not the banks that are the prime risk, but their corporate customers By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 26 July 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 26 July 2020 The pandemic has ruthlessly exposed many … Read more
Antonio Horta-Osorio, the polished Portuguese chief executive of Lloyds Bank, has notched up a number of achievements in his time at the High Street lender. For him, it has been a lucrative tenure in which he has amassed a fortune of more than £56m in salary, bonuses and incentives. But for long-suffering shareholders – including … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus gives us the chance to be radical in pursuit of a more productive, less divisive economy – this time we must grasp the opportunity By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 5 July 2020 One of my big hopes is that the … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Cut in VAT would have popular appeal and send a strong message of support to troubled parts of the economy – just the ticket Rishi Sunak is understood to have cooled on the idea of reducing VAT Two former Chancellors, Sajid Javid and Alistair Darling, have come out for a cut By Ruth … Read more
Primary school headteacher is suspended for claiming some staff were ‘sat at home doing nothing during’ lockdown Pauline Wood from Grange Park in Sunderland under investigation for comments The head teacher blasted some teachers for not pulling their weight during crisis Some teachers had ‘refused to work on site for three days a week, instead … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus could help re-imagine the world of work, if companies, educationalists and the Government are bold enough to seize the moment By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 Perhaps we have all been lulled by the – until recently – … Read more
One fear among some economists about the policy response to the virus is that we are storing up huge trouble and at some point down the line it will create an inflationary boom. The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) raised the spectre of rampant inflation yesterday, warning of the huge increase in the national debt … Read more
Nowhere will be immune to the job losses looming over Britain, but parts of the North and the Midlands are likely to suffer a disproportionate amount of pain. Manufacturing towns like Derby, where they make planes, trains and automobiles – three industries devastated by the pandemic – are bracing for heavy redundancies on top of … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: We don’t yet know how our lives will change after coronavirus, but inventive retailers will find ways to create new objects of desire and tempt us to buy By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 14 June 2020 Shopaholics can rejoice that non-essential … Read more
Nissan to axe almost 250 temporary workers at the Sunderland plant due to the slump in demand for new cars following the coronavirus crisis Sunderland plant restarted production this week after closing in mid-March Only one assembly line is currently in operation, with a second starting 22 June Fall in new-car demand has resulted in … Read more