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New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has big plans to decentralise his government from London, but how will he do this, and what difference could it make?
Andy BurnhamDevolutionRegional InequalityCost of LivingLocal GovernmentPublic TransportBusiness RatesEducation PolicyYouth UnemploymentLabour Party
Ida Middlemiss Frost12 min read
Read ArticleDemocracy only works if the people inside it understand how it works, yet a postcode lottery in political education means most young people never get taught how it works at all.
Josh Dolan9 min read
Read ArticleBig tech is on track to spend up to $690 billion on AI infrastructure this year alone. History suggests the technology can still win even as many of today's financiers lose everything.
Artificial IntelligenceBig TechCapital ExpenditureMarket Bubbles
Matthew Mahrous8 min read
Read ArticleOpinion27 July 2026
Silicon Valley wants to escape the power grids, water shortages and zoning laws throttling its data centres by launching them into orbit. But Low Earth Orbit is no frictionless void, and moving servers to space may just trade one crisis for another.
Artificial IntelligenceData CentresHyperscalersSpace EconomyOrbital Debris
Manasvi Kommuri9 min read
Read ArticleGlobal PE fundraising is rising but the number of funds closing is collapsing. The industry is not recovering. It is concentrating, and the zombie firm data suggests the structural shift is already irreversible for much of the market.
Private EquityFundraisingZombie FirmsIPOPublic Markets
Alexander Eklund7 min read
Read ArticleFrom rocketing IPOs to frothy market sentiment, at face value, today’s AI trade unmistakably mirrors the dot-com bubble – only this time the fallout could be far more destructive.
Martim Domingos7 min read
Read ArticleFor the first time in two years, Britain is about to change Prime Minister, and not a single voter will go to the polls to make it happen. Here's what's unfolding, and why it matters.
LabourKeir StarmerAndy BurnhamParliament
Josh Dolan9 min read
Read ArticleThoma Bravo's $5bn Medallia loss and EQT's £10.7bn Intertek acquisition tell the same story from opposite ends. Private equity's software bet has failed. The platform strategy is what comes next.
Private EquitySoftwareMergers and AcquisitionsEQTThoma Bravo
Alexander Eklund8 min read
Read ArticleThe new chairman of the world's most powerful central bank faces a problem his predecessor spent eight years navigating and never quite solved: inflation that won't obey. Only this time, the White House isn't demanding he fix it, it's cheering it on.
Federal ReserveInflationMonetary PolicyBank of EnglandUnited States
Raghu Kohli7 min read
Read ArticleMicroMarketsOpinion15 June 2026
Active investors are clamouring for a piece of the biggest IPO to date, and passive investors don't have a choice but to take a slice. But what is everyone actually buying?
Martim Domingos7 min read
Read ArticleThe value of a degree is under siege as generative AI threatens to turn academic achievement into a hollow commodity.
Martim Domingos15 min read
Read ArticleAs AI disruption freezes software heavy buyout funds and retail capital retreats, a handful of firms are moving decisively in the opposite direction. The private equity market is splitting into winners and losers in real time.
Private EquityArtificial IntelligenceMergers and AcquisitionsSoftwareIran
Alexander Eklund8 min read
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