The New Net Zero Resistance is Doomed to Fail
4 October 2024
by Ben Pile
News Round-Up
4 October 2024
Bank of England staff have been told to share their pronouns at the start of meetings and use "gender neutral" language when speaking to customers.
The bond market chaos that shook Britain in the autumn of 2022 and triggered Liz Truss's humiliating exit was an inside job – at least according to recent research by the central bank at the heart of the mess.
Britain needs to bring in negative interest rates via digital currency, raise taxes and increase inflation, according to Jeremy Hunt's economic adviser. Why have the Tories turned their backs on prosperity?
We're having a "national conversation about the future of money", according to the Bank of England. But it's clear this "conversation" has only one permitted outcome, says Dr David McGrogan: the digital pound.
A jaw-dropping £3.4 billion in contracts from Treasury-linked organisations has been received by Fujitsu since 2019, despite its known involvement in the Horizon scandal.
Net Zero policies are pushing up inflation and hitting economic growth, a top Bank of England policymaker has warned – though she does not see that as a reason to oppose them.
Fears that Rishi Sunak's recent watering down of green targets will economically harm the U.K. are unfounded, says Ross Clark. If anything, it will do the opposite.
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted for the first time that the massive money printing in the pandemic – more than in the whole previous decade – is behind the current sky-high inflation.
According to the Daily Sceptic's IT Reporter, we shouldn't worry about CBDCs. We're years away from having the tech to roll them out and existing payment systems won't enable the state to monitor our purchases.
Central bankers around the world claimed the Net Zero transition away from fossil fuels would lower inflation, but new analysis from top financial services firm Nomura has found it is in fact driving it.
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