Lyddon Consulting https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 0 Reeves has knifed Starmer by erasing the Brexit Red Lines, and he must sack her Flatlining UK GDP masks a deep recession in the private sector UK government’s plans to track and de-risk its own ‘shadow debt’ show the costs of the Net Zero transition will be imposed directly onto businesses and consumers The UK’s and EU’s Net Zero policies threaten to destroy their economies in the face of Trump’s oil-led US revival at US$50-per-barrel Angela Rayner is waiting in the wings for a recall to Starmer’s front bench – or even directly into Number 10 – so just one or two more questions about the flat in Hove… The UK’s November 2025 Budget and ‘Securonomics’ Denial of democracy in Norfolk threatens to sink the Tory ship Research Papers Who We Are The business The Brexit Papers The true cost of EU membership The £30bn cost of EU economic migration Our liabilities to EU financial mechanisms The EU’s Dutch auction The UK’s lost GDP and tax revenues The EU’s payment paradox The Euro cul-de-sac The Deutsche Bank Liability Brexit Flashcards Key Information and GDPR Bob Lyddon & Associates UK payments – now officially a ‘state-directed’ activity, not an industry The historic judgement of North Norfolk on the sacking/defection of Robert Jenrick from Conservative to Reform UPDATED: Is there a common understanding of the OBR statement in 2021 that Brexit would cause a ‘long-run’ 4% loss of GDP? Main numbers in IREF report ‘The United Kingdom as a sandbox for state-directed investment’ The United Kingdom as a sandbox for state-directed investment – with a major increase in ‘shadow debt’, and in the ‘shadow taxation’ required to service that debt France’s woes are attributable to its lack of economic and monetary sovereignty Andy Burnham’s hopes dealt a body blow Richard Tice of Reform UK is wrong: the Bank of England should not stop paying interest on financial institutions’ reserves Brexit will have saved us £100 billion towards the EU Budget for the period 2028-35 Conservative Party does not know what being in opposition means ‘Borrowing for investment’ – all the signs point to a debt-funded disaster Labour’s ‘Borrowing for investment’ – think New Labour’s ‘Private Finance Initiative’ and InvestEU The UK government’s day-to-costs are out of control, and no Spending Review is going to get them back on target Starmer and Reeves want to spend and borrow more, and to keep the increase in both under wraps Labour’s ‘Borrowing for investment’ is the Net Zero transition in disguise – and could cost the UK nearly £7 trillion ‘Borrowing for investment’ – how Labour will go big by aping the EU’s InvestEU and creating more PFI The structure of the UK’s public finances is obscure – and that helps Starmer and Reeves hide their increases in public spending and the national debt The UK government’s ‘day-to-day’ costs are out-of-control The UK public finances Mansion House Accord threatens new pensions disaster – while contributing a drop in the bucket for UK growth Stock market falls were not just Trump’s tariffs – many other negatives persist My Daily Express comments on Starmer’s EU Re-set, after trade deals with India and the USA Interview with MoneyMagpie on the UK, EU and the euro Brexit Withdrawal Agreement gives the EU ample scope to continue to spend on the UK’s credit card New entrants to the Foreign Exchange market impact the “Pips around the interbank rate” Key Performance Indicator Usefulness of faster payment schemes for Cash Management in an economic recession How to avoid credit losses on Open Account trade Can SWIFT’s Global Payment Initiative (“gpi”) help with KPIs on timing and cost of cross-border payments?