The new head of the NEF - now that Ms. Fanbulleh is in Parliament - takes to The Guardian to tell us all off: According to the latest count by the Office for National Statistics, 38% of all turnover of non-financial businesses in Britain went through foreign owned companies…

With the government’s tax on private school fees now firmly in place, we can see whether the official forecasts are true or false. Schools have started to shutter, fees have risen by 14%, not the forecast 10%.

By now it looks all but certain that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be announcing significant cuts to welfare in the Spring Statement in late March.

In which Professor Smith explains the huge productivity gains to be had from specialisation and free exchange in the marketplace.

Not that we would make such an accusation against one so eminent as our own Foreign Secretary: However, a more radical option is now being considered that could solve Europe’s rearmament crisis overnight.

The idea sounds superficially attractive. No more national wars or territorial grabs.

In which Professor Smith points out the cost and absurdity of subsidising home production when you can buy the goods you want far more cheaply from other countries.

This is presented as a grand problem: Foreign exporters – chiefly China – will race to offload stock they can no longer sell competitively in the US, possibly undercutting British producers.

Enough on Donald Trump. Since the White House fracas, too many commentators have focussed on the President’s lack of manners.

The development of the modern industrialized world could be interpreted as a series of jumps, rather than a continuous line of development.

What confuses is why this is a surprise for anyone: Britain’s net zero drive has made families poorer, according to new research that contradicts Rachel Reeves’s claim that there is no trade-off between economic growth and decarbonisation.