Osborne’s stealth taxes

They’re the taxes that are so dull and unfathomable that we don’t really notice them. And they’re raising many £billions.

The Rewards of Leave 3) Higher Wages

We are more likely to provide opportunities to lower paid British workers and to grow the economy as a whole if we vote for Brexit.

Douglas Hansen-Luke: Tata Steel. Neither closure nor nationalisation make sense. Here’s a strategic alternative.

Javid should be bold, and push for a British steel reserve modelled on America’s oil reserve.

In defence of Ian Cameron

The Prime Minister appears to have done nothing wrong, though he has mishandled the Blairmore Holdings allegations. Here’s how Downing Street could do better.

WATCH: Javid – “I will do everything I can to keep Port Talbot open”

“Any business trip I make, you always have to be ready to change your plans at a moment’s notice – and that’s exactly what i did here.”

Peter Lilley: Yes, I believe in free trade. But here’s why we must protect our NHS from TTIP.

Conservatives should be very wary of the deal as a whole, reject part of it outright, and exclude our health service from it.

Why Conservatives should want to intervene in Port Talbot

Industries collapse as a result of uncontrollable economic forces. But politicians have some control over the extent of the fallout.

George Osborne: Four radical reforms which show what this modern, compassionate Conservative Government is all about

The New National Living Wage comes into effect today. And over the next seven days, we will deliver tax cuts, help for savers and the single-tier state pension.

Iain Dale: Hunt and Morgan on the one side, and the Vote Leave campaign on the other, make idiots of themselves over the EU

Plus: The steel crisis. Trump’s abortion atrocity. Nick Watt, denied a Guardian promotion by political correctness. And: I leave ConHome to write for Momentum.

What happens when industries implode

Jobseeker numbers have been rising fastest in areas built on oil and gas. Steel areas could be next.

Steel yourself until June

Soubry blames Cable, Cable blames his successors – and Pursglove argues that the threat to Tata jobs proves that we should leave the EU.

Osborne should be careful with his boasts about the 45p rate

Despite what the Chancellor would have you believe, it didn’t really raise an extra £8 billion in its first year.

James Sproule: Osborne has posed problems for business recently. But this Budget was, on balance, good news.

Especially so for smaller firms and entrepreneurs.

From public to private sector jobs – how are the regions doing?

The number of public sector jobs as a percentage of all jobs has declined everywhere. But it’s not the only metric we should look at.

The way we work now

Home working is on the rise. Self-employment is on the rise. Part-time labour is on the rise. Osborne should heed the downsides as well as the benefits.