Help for homebuyers must be accompanied by measures to increase the housing stock, says GREIG BROWN Rachel Reeves’ “Leeds Reforms” have landed with a bold promise: to reignite the UK housing market and help thousands of first-time buyers finally step onto the property ladder. With measures such as relaxed loan-to-income (LTI) caps and a permanent […]
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Scotland dancing to Westminster’s tune
Labour is beginning to assert its policy agenda and is leaving Scotland at risk of playing catch-up, writes TERRY MURDEN On social media they call it colonisation. Creeping control of everything Scottish by the English establishment. A King Edward’s army for the 21st century ‘stealing’ the oil, gas and renewable energy from the earth and […]
Taxing the rich would rob the UK of ambition
Calls for a wealth tax are getting louder, but would it do more damage, asks TERRY MURDEN Tax the rich to feed the poor. Introducing a wealth tax is the new(ish) campaign by the left that’s getting louder as Rachel Reeves looks for ways to plug the gap left by her failed attempt to tax […]
Starmer leaves Reeves in a lonely place
Why did the Prime Minister show such a lack of sympathy for the clearly distressed Chancellor, asks TERRY MURDEN Amid the usual tribal battle cries ringing around the Commons chamber during Prime Minister’s Questions one woman’s quiet distress appeared all too obvious. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor who has offered her own thunderous declarations from the […]
Filmhouse makes big screen comeback
The refurbished bar at the Filmhouse (pic: Terry Murden) An Edinburgh institution saved from permanent closure is once again welcoming movie fans, writes JULENA DRUMI Glasses were being stacked behind the bar, and the reception staff were doing some last minute checks on the computer system as tradesmen scurried around ensuring everything was in working […]