finance Articles

Britain’s political class did not distinguish itself in its immediate response to the Crimean crisis. A zoom lens outside Downing Street which captured Cabinet Office papers in the hands of an unguarded official seemed to reveal yet more evidence that the protection...

Over the decades the Labour movement has always championed workers’ rights. But we must also champion the rights of working people as capital holders, as investors in the stock market, especially through their pension savings. This is why today I introduced my...

Why are successful SMEs still struggling to secure finance? Despite recent reports of a growing economy, we are still hearing about the challenges facing SMEs when it comes to securing finance. We’re not talking about small businesses that are on their knees – many...

How to build a financially resilient and literate society —One of the greatest, though largely overlooked, achievements of the last Labour government was the introduction of automatic enrolment – an obligation on all employers to enrol staff earning above £9,440 a...