Pensions: what you are not being told
Pensions: the state ‘retirement revolution’ and the public sector tax raid – what you are not being told about the Pensions Green Paper, from Faisal Islam.
Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam has left Channel 4 News. This is an archive of his blogs.
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‘Worse-off Wednesday’: tax changes come into force
The start of the new tax year has been dubbed “worse-off Wednesday”. One tax expert tells Channel 4 News many families will be worse-off in 2011 but not because of these changes.
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Missing elements of Irish bank deal suggest Eurozone itself is under severe stress test
The numbers were already big and got bigger. People inured to millions, billions and trillions can be nonetheless horrified by a nation that needs to shove nearly half its GDP into the banks. But the Irish bank stress tests are important for what was missing. The suggested hit to the people that provided the kerosene…
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Crude awakening for Osborne’s “refuelling” of the economy
Whilst we were told that the industry was washing around with so much superprofit from high oil prices that this tax raid would be basically unnoticed, it appears they have had what you might call a crude awakening
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OsBallism: The Government and opposition are closer than they think
Despite the protests, arguments and riots, post-Budget the government and opposition are much closer than either would like to admit argues Faisal Islam
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Libya: a woman’s cry for help in Tripoli hotel
As a Libyan woman makes a desperate, dramatic plea for help in a Tripoli hotel, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller witnesses how Gaddafi’s forces deal with dissent.
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In video: Euro bailout negotiations
After the photo-call the rush to get the handshakes in first. Faisal Islam on a day of hugs and smiles in Brussels as Portugal and Ireland near economic crunch time.
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Budget: zero sum game?
Budget 2011: Economics Editor Faisal Islam on George Osborne’s give-with-one-hand, take-with-the-other budget.
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‘Misery index’ hits two-decade high ahead of Budget
As inflation hits a two-year high, Faisal Islam blogs on the “misery index” which suggests that so-called Osbornemania may be a bit premature ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.
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10 mammoth implications of merging National Insurance with Income Tax
Although it may not be intended, plans to combine National Insurance and Income Tax could have major implications for all workers, blogs Faisal Islam.
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Why Japan’s economy won’t just bounce back
Faisal Islam casts doubt on the theory that Japan’s economy will bounce back swiftly from the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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Public sector pension reform: a recipe for strife
We need to reform public sector pensions because they are “gold plated” and “unfair” and “unaffordable”, right? Not necessarily, says Faisal Islam.
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The question for 2011: what price keeping HSBC & Standard Chartered headquartered in Britain?
Faisal Islam assesses what the true cost will be if major banking institutions start to flee UK shores.
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‘Concern’ for the future of Big Pharma in Britain, not just Pfizer
Long one of the most reliable sectors of UK industry, the pharmaceutical sector faces tough times ahead, as Faisal Islam writes.
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RBS boss Hester admits bailed-out bank will be corporation tax-free zone
Faisal Islam’s full interview with RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester.