Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Is 2018 the year summer holidays changed for good?

Of all of the benefits associated with EU membership the summer holiday undoubtedly showcased the best of them. With enticing exchange rates, freedom of the skies for UK airlines and seamless custom checks Benidorm became the new Blackpool as Brits flooded overseas for their annual dose of Mediterranean sun. According...

Wine of the Week: Chemins des Pèlerins Rosé

This week we celebrate the pioneering spirit of the Saint-Mont winegrowers with this Rose wine that salutes the revival of several ancient grape varieties which had almost disappeared. Hailing from the Gers region of France the first vines in this area were planted in the 11th century by Benedictine monks. And the very...

Brits splash two months wages on holidays

UK families splash nearly £5,000 a year on holidays, a new study has found - more than double the average monthly salary. From ice-creams to sun loungers and day trips to flights, families will take two holidays a year, which sees parents cough up £2,417 for each nine day-long vacation....

McDonald’s opens reservation-only restaurant in posh London borough

McDonald's is set to open a reservation-only restaurant in High Street Kensington with cutlery, silver cloches and waiters with white gloves. Opening next Wednesday the store will be the first of a luxury experience pilot that could get rolled out across the country. The restaurant will welcome diners with a...

If we are going to tell people what to wear, maybe we should ban men in suits

Boris Johnson has come under fire this week following his comments that women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes" and "bank robbers".  The former Foreign Secretary launched the bizarre tirade in his Daily Telegraph column and has since refused to apologise for his "liberal" views. As Lord Pickles rightly pointed out shortly after,...

Daily Mail removes illegal immigrant article after fact check goes viral

The Daily Mail has removed an article about illegal immigration after a publicly-aired fact check went viral. Foreign features writer Andrew Malone penned the "devastating report" of 300,000 illegal migrants living in a French suburb last week, but a fact check by Marwan Muhammad disproved almost every line in it....

Branson pockets £2bn in NHS cash over five years

Richard Branson's Virgin Care has been awarded almost £2 billion in NHS England contracts over the past five years. The Guardian analysis revealed Branson's firm has "quietly become one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers" after scooping reams of government contracts. In one year alone, the company’s health arm, Virgin Care,...

The story of how the Conservatives crippled the country

From austerity, to Brexit, to economic collapse. That is the story of how the Conservatives have crippled the country over consecutive parliamentary terms and now the details have been exposed in full in a damning new study. According to a comprehensive research paper by University of Warwick economics professor Thiemo Fetzer Tory austerity...

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