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Chris Blackhurst

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Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning writer, commentator and broadcaster, based in London. He is a former editor of The Independent, city editor of the Evening Standard, Westminster correspondent for The Independent and deputy head of the Sunday Times Insight team. He writes mostly on business, politics, media. He says he will never retire. To adapt Dr Johnson on London: "If someone tires of journalism, they tire of life."
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Oil companies face fines under new EU sustainability rules. Getty Images
CommentEU's colonial attitude to the energy market will inevitably backfire

Under new sustainability rules companies face fines of 5 per cent of global turnover

CommentOctober 22, 2025
Norway’s Steen & Strom, which claims to be the oldest department store in the world, has benefited from shoppers steering clear of London. Getty Images
CommentTime for UK's tourist tax to go – it's handing shoppers to international rivals

Stubborn refusal to scrap VAT on overseas visitors' purchases fails to grasp a potential Brexit benefit

CommentOctober 07, 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes a walk along the Mersey with his wife Victoria, before delivering his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. PA
CommentBeware the think-tank influence at Labour Party's festival of delusion

Keir Starmer's messaging at annual conference has been developed by those out of the spotlight's glare

CommentSeptember 30, 2025
Protesters wave Union Jacks and St George's flags during the 'Unite The Kingdom' rally in London. Getty Images
England is suddenly flying its flags – but are they symbols of pride or prejudice?

The winds of change are blowing through a country that has traditionally had an ambivalent attitude towards displays of nationalism

UKSeptember 19, 2025
Rupert Murdoch has achieved his wish for his son Lachlan to take over his business empire. Getty Images
CommentLachlan Murdoch won the succession war but will he stay on father's path?

Defeating his siblings to run the Murdoch empire on has own has come at a personal cost

CommentSeptember 10, 2025
Tax adviser to the stars, Oriana Morrison. Photo: Oriana Morrison
Stars love the UAE, just ask their UK tax adviser

Oriana Morrison reveals elite performers in sport and entertainment are overtaxed in the UK

UKAugust 29, 2025
Roman Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea FC after he was placed under sanctions. UEFA via Getty Images
Sanctions based on flimsy evidence serve only to annoy, not influence, their targets

Regime of punitive measures aimed at Putin's war machine appear poorly targeted political decisions

CommentAugust 13, 2025
A British Airways flight takes off from Heathrow Airport behind a sign against its development. EPA
CommentHeathrow must look to Dubai for inspiration if expansion is ever to take off

Plans to develop a third runaway and new terminals at the UK's main hub are taking too long and costing too much

CommentAugust 06, 2025
The newly opened Dubai Hub in London. As a statement location, it takes some beating. Chris Blackhurst for The National
CommentDubai offers a gateway to London's 'Henrys'

Hard pressed high earners in the UK's struggling capital are invited to new welcome centre

CommentJuly 29, 2025
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech at the Mansion House in London. EPA
CommentChancellor's mixed messages won't transport Britain into growth culture

Rachel Reeves's speeches overshadowed as UK inflation rises from 3.4% to 3.6%

CommentJuly 16, 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, right, cries as Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. PA
CommentReeves is carrying the can for Labour's male-dominated politics

Beleaguered Chancellor is the fall 'guy' for the government's performance, but who would want that poisoned chalice?

CommentJuly 03, 2025
Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames is part of the 'Summer Season' that attracts rich foreign visitors. PA
CommentLondon's 'summer season' disguises the scale of its wealth exodus

Events like Wimbledon as glamorous as ever but cannot disguise UK has lost its allure as wealth haven

CommentJune 26, 2025
Flotations of homegrown companies have reduced to a trickle in London. Getty Images
CommentCity of London loses its lustre just as foreign investors queue for UK

UK capital must adapt its rules to a new reality if it wants to re-establish itself as the place to invest

CommentJune 18, 2025
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her government's spending review to MPs in the House of Commons. PA
Spending review is no immediate panacea for Britain's growth woes

Reinvigorating crippled industries such as shipbuilding will take years

CommentJune 12, 2025
Abdulla Al Humaidi attending an Ebbsfleet United match. KMG
Football minnows bound to controversial Kuwaiti owners hit rock bottom

Glorious ambitions for Ebbsfleet United have ended in ignominy

UKJune 12, 2025
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