Jason Hollands

RT @LandofOppUK: What have the non doms ever done for us? Apart from funding hospitals, backing the NHS, donating billions, rewilding the…

Hang on, the Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, previously claimed not scrapping the winter fuel payment “would have seen the markets losing confidence, potentially a run on the pound.” https://t.co/Iwquvu7gMS

An overhaul of ISAs could be in its way. What changes might the Government make? https://t.co/YZVxGQVESV https://t.co/lbij0UhV6p

Freezing tax thresholds over multiple years is a form of slow, painful financial torture and little more than a disguised tax rise. https://t.co/iIhmO25zCM

Reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance would be a deeply regressive move, leading to a debilitating impact on public trust in the pensions system. It would also reopen tax problems for doctors and consultants in the NHS. https://t.co/lxmy0otKKq

RT @afneil: Britain has opened formal talks about sending failed asylum seekers to detention centres abroad, according to Keir Starmer on a…

RT @MerrynSW: The state of the UK in one man's moves. Rich Dane who left Denmark to avoid Danish taxes (IHT 15%), moves back to Denmark to…

I’ve been quite critical of this Government’s damaging tax policies. But credit where credit is due, securing a trade deal with the US (and India) should be acknowledged as significant achievements. Of course the devil will be in the detail, but it’s a step forward.

RT @kulashaker: Released #onthisday in 1999 - ‘Shower Your Love’. Still one of Kula Shaker’s most beloved tracks, and a song that’s never s…

One British export that is booming under Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s…. millionaires https://t.co/OdrvtEtVKZ

RT @Frencheconomics: The UK’s maddening energy policy deters foreign investment, is damaging for the public finances, and raises the UK’s c…

RT @FreeToChooseNet: Milton Friedman perfectly explains why protectionist trade policies persist despite economists almost universally oppo…

Never panic sell https://t.co/Gw5oU9eAt0

Wow. Look what Trump has done: - 30-year Greek government bonds yielding 4.24% - 30-year US Treasuries yielding 4.87% Markets now regard Greece as a safer country to lend long term cash to than the US. The art of a bad deal?

Blag as much as you like about the ‘art of the deal’, the reciprocal tariff pause was more a case of the ‘art of war’ by the bond vigilantes. Bet the Bank of Japan offloaded a stack of Treasuries. Japan now at the front of the queue for a trade deal… https://t.co/Tyd1FTqODo

What made Trump suddenly pause reciprocal tariffs? My guess is that bond yields spiralling higher probably landed a message that he’d brushed off from tanking equities. It’s a chaotic way to conduct policy.

RT @magattew: In 1960, Zimbabwe was 4.6x richer than Botswana.  Then Zimbabwe went full socialism: land grabs, money printing, and a serie…