ALEX BRUMMER: The ESL coup has failed but the economics remain the same

Failed takeovers and merger attempts are not uncommon in global finance.  In Britain, successive efforts to take control of the London Stock Exchange Group, Pfizer’s 2014 effort to buy Astrazeneca and Airbus merger plans with BAE were all repulsed. The collapse of the European Super League (ESL), an attempt by big clubs to supplant the … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The ESL coup has failed but the economics remain the same

Failed takeovers and merger attempts are not uncommon in global finance.  In Britain, successive efforts to take control of the London Stock Exchange Group, Pfizer’s 2014 effort to buy Astrazeneca and Airbus merger plans with BAE were all repulsed. The collapse of the European Super League (ESL), an attempt by big clubs to supplant the … Read more

Ministers ‘plot foreign aid law change’ as Scots Tory Ruth Davidson brands it ‘poor economics’ 

Ministers could change the law to cut Britain’s foreign aid budget as part of sweeping economic reforms. The current rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP was enshrined in law by the Coalition government in 2015, but the current administration wants to cut it to 0.5 per cent. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to outline … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Does Boris have a grip on Covid economics?

RUTH SUNDERLAND: One hopes that alongside his medical advisers, PM Boris Johnson is also listening to those at the sharp end of the economic emergency The Big Four banks have lent like there is no tomorrow to keep their customers afloat  Joblessness could be worse than the Boys from the Black Stuff era of the … Read more