George Parker

6 days ago | afr.com | Charles Clover |George Parker

Charles Clover and George ParkerJun 2, 2025 – 3.25pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? London | Britain will build roughly a dozen new attack submarines as it moves to a state of “war-fighting readiness”, Sir Keir Starmer will say later Monday, as he begins what he claims will be a major rearmament programme.

Aug 8, 2024 | afr.com | George Parker |Madison Darbyshire

New York | Stephen Schwarzman is used to besting Wall Street rivals. But amid the rolling hills of southern England, the Blackstone boss has run into a formidable new opponent: the great crested newt. Mr Schwarzman has been updating Rachel Reeves, the British chancellor, on the hoops he has to go through to avoid disturbing the amphibians during work at his £80 million ($155 million) country estate in Wiltshire. Financial Times

Apr 23, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | George Parker

Home / WorldFinancial TimesBy George ParkerSaveshareShare this articlefacebookcopy linktwitterlinkedinredditemailBritain’s shortest-serving prime minister on being ejected from office, the need for radical economic remedies — and her battle with the ‘deep state’ Liz Truss would love it if, for one week only, this feature could be known as “Lunch with the Deep State”.

Jun 17, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan |James Pickford |George Parker |Chris Giles

The Resolution Foundation estimates that 1.6mn fixed-rate mortgages are due to expire in 2024. File photoUK households that come to the end of fixed-rate mortgage deals next year face an average £2,900 ($5,959) increase in annual payments, putting Rishi Sunak under pressure to defuse an election-year time bomb.