The Spectator

Portrait of the Week: Knighthoods, Northern Ireland and Mick Jagger

issue 18 June 2022

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The British economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in April after shrinking by 0.1 per cent in March, according to the Office for National Statistics. Wages by April were 2.2 per cent lower in real terms than a year before, and economic inactivity fell by only a smidgen (0.1

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