Liam Halligan

London

Columnist at The Telegraph

Co-Host at Planet Normal

Presenter at GB News

“Economic Agenda” columnist @Telegraph; “Planet Normal Co-Pilot”; Founder of “When The Facts Change” and @HooligansbandUK

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Reform is not offering the public a realistic economic deal

1 day ago | msn.com | Allison Pearson |Liam Halligan

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Reform is not offering the public a realistic economic deal

1 day ago | telegraph.co.uk | Allison Pearson |Liam Halligan

Speaking ahead of his speech today, Mr Stride outlines where he sees the fiscal threat from Reform and why he doesn't believe they will be effective. "It appears that they are whatever kind of party they think will appeal to what people want to hear in different parts of the country and across the political spectrum.
This is the opportunity the Tories have been waiting for. Can they take it?

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Liam Halligan

Sir Keir Starmer, equally desperate to appeal to Left-wing Labour activists lest the "Red Queen" outflanks him, has just made his own new spending pledges - diluting already pretty unambitious money-saving measures his own Government only recently announced. The Prime Minister wants to restore broader access to winter fuel payments while scrapping Labour's policy of maintaining the two-child cap on child benefit - at a combined cost of least £5bn per annum.
Are we hearing the death rattle of woke?

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Allison Pearson |Liam Halligan

"So many seismic moments have occurred over the last couple of years, which have really accelerated what I think is the death of woke. You've got Donald Trump signing this slew of executive orders, many of which are about preserving women's rights.
Labour is pioneering the Blackadder approach to public finances

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Liam Halligan

After Labour took office in July 2024, ministers talked relentlessly about “finding a £22bn black hole in the public finances on entering office”. It was a cynical, deeply misleading narrative, used to justify hefty tax rises unveiled by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, in her October Budget but omitted from Labour’s election manifesto.
Labour is pioneering the Blackadder approach to public finances

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Liam Halligan

UK government spending has long outstripped the economy's ability to generate tax revenues, as massive annual borrowing totals add to our growing stock of national debt. The last time we ran an annual budget surplus was in 2000/01, almost a quarter of a century ago. Each year, the OBR pretends borrowing will be much lower than it actually will be - then the media fails to compare current outcomes with previous estimates, focussing instead on the political drama of future forecasts.
HALLIGAN: Georgia on my mind - and China's too

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Liam Halligan

#Georgia #LiamHalligan #China China hosted Latin American leaders at the China-CELAC Forum, pledging $9.2bn and deeper ties. As US influence fades, Beijing’s “shared future” vision gains ground, fueling a shift in global alliances and challenging Washington’s dominance. The country’s registered parties bicker, or pretend to bicker, but they’re all loyal to the president.
Britain must take a chainsaw to public spending

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Liam Halligan

But the danger now, as our public finances deteriorate, is that Labour follows its ideological nose and raises both spending and tax rates even more, killing more enterprise and sending more heavy taxpayers overseas, resulting in a lower tax-take and doing even more damage to our national accounts, risking a serious systemic crisis. The UK's fiscal incontinence is long-standing. The last time any government ran a budget surplus was in 2000/01, almost a quarter of a century ago.
When The Facts Change

3 weeks ago | liamhalligan.substack.com | Liam Halligan

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We need a UK DOGE to cut government spending

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Allison Pearson |Liam Halligan

On the latest Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, columnists Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson speak to Andrew Griffith, Shadow Business and Trade Secretary, about the economic outlook for the UK following Labour's recent economic policy announcements, and whether the country would benefit from a DOGE, Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.

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