AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says the country demands an end to deceit and fantasy in Downing Street We should have been focused on a weekend of warm-up stories preparing us for the fiscal plan that was due on Monday. Rishi Sunak is certainly in need of some quick headlines that will switch attention […]
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After the ferries, more taxing issues for Forbes
AS I SEE IT: The Finance Secretary is running out of excuses, says TERRY MURDEN Kate Forbes must be wishing her maternity leave had kicked in more quickly. This is a week that can’t end soon enough for Scotland’s Finance Secretary. After suffering a mauling over her government’s mishandling of the Clyde ferries contract she […]
Chancellor must level with business
AS I SEE IT: Can the Chancellor balance climate targets with economic renewal, asks TERRY MURDEN Chancellor Rishi Sunak has faced some big decisions over the past 18 months, but this week he only has to balance the demands of meeting the government’s net zero strategy with preventing thousands of businesses folding under the burden […]