How buy-to-let was bailed out, is back, and may be bad for Britain
The buy-to-let property market is back, thanks to the bailed out banks – but it comes at a price and there will be winners and losers, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
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The buy-to-let property market is back, thanks to the bailed out banks – but it comes at a price and there will be winners and losers, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
The buy-to-let property market is back, thanks to the taxpayer. But there is a backlash against it, as Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam discovers.
Halifax reveals house prices slumped by 3.6 per cent in September in a major jolt to the housing market, which Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam says is a “monster figure”.
In the context of today’s difficult negotiations over the Spending Review, I see today’s announcements by George Osborne as a staging post on the path towards child benefit being wrapped into the Universal Credit, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
Faisal Islam blogs from the Conservative Party Conference as Chancellor George Osborne announces an end to universal family benefits.
Chancellor George Osborne announces a tough new cap on the amount of benefits to be claimed by any family. Our Economics Editor Faisal Islam says that around 50,000 families will be affected.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam analyses the parallels – and the differences – between the economic prospects of Ireland and the UK.
As Irish taxpayers brace themselves for another bank bailout, our Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the prospects should be better in Britain.
In the wake of the Bank of England comments to Channel 4 News that savers should eat into their cash, Faisal Islam blogs about the importance of the Deputy Governor’s words.
Prudent savers are being sacrificed at the altar of feckless spenders – at least temporarily – and that is how it has to be in the current financial climate, the Bank of England’s Charlie Bean tells Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
As the Coalition Government prepare to cut Britain’s public spending Faisal Islam looks at the radical options as the world limps out of the financial crisis.
Faisal Islam blogs about the shrinking Irish economy, and the warning signals it’s sending the Treasury.
Economics editor Faisal Islam analyses Business Secretary Vince Cable’s principles – and whether they pose a threat to his participation in the coalition government.
The governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, blames bankers, policy makers and the Labour government for the financial crisis, writes Channel 4 News economics editor Faisal Islam.
Robert Chote has been appointed to head the Office of Budget Responsibility – as it appears that £4bn more will be cut off the benefits bill than expected, writes Faisal Islam.