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1 week ago | capx.co | Dalibor Rohac

Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images If Trump gets his way on tariffs, there will be no end to his threats and demands Rather than concede to a rogue superpower, the EU should work around the US Even with free trade agreements in place, there is no guarantee of trading stability with America The decision by US Court of International Trade to block Donald Trump’s tariffs, declared by the President under International Emergency Economic Powers...

1 week ago | capx.co | Daniel Herring

Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images Britain desperately needs to encourage family formation and support parents A household earning £50k annually faces very different tax bills depending on how that income is split A tax system that penalises traditional family arrangements makes little sense Nigel Farage made a bold pitch to British families this week, announcing Reform’s plan to introduce a fully transferable marriage allowance alongside...

1 week ago | capx.co | Henry Hill

'Land banking' has become the fairy-tale baddie of the housing crisis Labour's 'use-it-or-lose-it' approach to planning reform will drive up prices The Government is using the same bad ideas that have been around for decades Before last year’s election, I really thought Keir Starmer might go big on housing.

1 week ago | capx.co | Eliot Wilson

Photo: Thomas Krych - WPA Pool/Getty Images Photo: Thomas Krych - WPA Pool/Getty Images Spending 2.5% of GDP on defence will barely fill the holes in our defence capacity If voters are expecting a dramatically increased Armed Forces, they shouldn't hold their breath Europe and the UK are making good first steps on defence, but there is a way to go yet After the long, indulgent years of the post-Cold War ‘peace dividend’ and more recent hand-wringing anxiety about scarce resources, governments...

2 weeks ago | capx.co | Ben Chu

23 May 2025 @BenChu_ Pearl Harbor was a miscalculation born of imperial fanaticism – but also resource nationalism. Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty ImagesPearl Harbor was a miscalculation born of imperial fanaticism – but also resource nationalism.