RUTH SUNDERLAND: Negative interest rates do harm

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Negative interest rates are an insidious way of making savers finance Government’s debt pile, but economies that victimise the thrifty seldom thrive in the long run By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 31 May 2020 Savers, collectively, are losing billions of pounds … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Should Sunak bail out Jaguar Land Rover? 

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Should Sunak bail out major employers like foreign-owned Jaguar Land Rover? By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 25 May 2020 Rishi Sunak won many plaudits for moving so swiftly to pump billions of pounds into the economy to save Britain from going … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Tories must bring back prosperity regions

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Virus or no virus, the Conservatives need to deliver on their promise to bring back prosperity to the regions By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 24 May 2020 Remember the Red Wall? Rather like Brexit, the seismic shift in UK politics – … Read more

Jermain Defoe pens heartfelt tribute to ‘best friend’ Bradley Lowery who would’ve turned nine today

‘We all miss and love you. I know God is taking care of you’: Former Premier League and England star Jermain Defoe pens a heartfelt tribute to ‘best friend’ Bradley Lowery on what would have been his ninth birthday Jermain Defoe shared a special relationship with Bradley Lowery before his tragic death from a rare … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Why Boeing worries BoJo

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The scandal over Boeing’s ‘flying coffin’ 737-Max jets could not have come at a worst time for the airline sector – or for Boris Johnson Boeing’s lack of real competition other than Airbus breeds arrogance CEO Dennis Muilenburg retires with £64m in shares, a pension and options There could also be an impact … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The North needs a Boris boost. Otherwise, his new voters won’t forgive him

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The North needs a Boris boost. But if he doesn’t deliver, his new voters won’t forgive him By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 23:59 BST, 15 December 2019 | Updated: 00:54 BST, 16 December 2019 Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party have won an opportunity to reshape the political landscape for … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: West’s great China dilemma

RUTH SUNDERLAND: When the Berlin Wall fell, many assumed western liberal democracy had beaten communism – they reckoned without the rise of China By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 April 2020 The Chinese economy is suffering badly from coronavirus and a draconian lockdown, … Read more