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.

This is why there’s been so little media coverage of the Paradise Papers

The British mainstream media is refusing to cover the Paradise Papers because most of the avoiders own the newspapers, James O'Brien has claimed. Speaking on LBC today O'Brien launched a scathing attack on Telegraph owners David and Frederick Barclay, Daily Mail owner Jonathan Harmsworth and The Sun and The Times owner Rupert Murdoch for...

Boris dubbed a f****** disgrace by Senior Conservative MP

Boris Johnson has been dubbed a "f****** disgrace" by a senior Conservative MP, according to Channel 4's political correspondent Michael Crick. The Foreign Secretary has once again found himself in hot water after a colossal blunder in the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case. The British mum is being held in an Iranian prison...

Senior EU officials now put chances of Brexit no-deal at over 50%

Senior EU officials are putting the chance of a Brexit no-deal at over 50 per cent and making detailed impact assessments about what it mean for the EU, sources in Brussels claim. Jonathan Lis, the deputy director at pressure group British Influence, has exposed the reality of Brexit negotiations in...

Prominent Brexiteer John Redwood advises investors to avoid Britain

Prominent Brexiteer John Redwood advised investors to avoid Britain this weekend as the country's economy "hits the brakes". Before the vote Redwood advised that the "economic gains of leaving the EU will be considerable". But as the economy hits stormy waters this weekend he advised investors to look elsewhere -...

Police receive 999 call because of incorrect topping on pizza

Police have said they are "cheesed off" after receiving an emergency call about an incorrect PIZZA order. Gloucestershire police said on Twitter: "If your pizza topping is not correct, please do not ring the police on 999 to report it. 999 is for emergency calls. #cheesedoff." The report prompted derision...

This is how much we spend on household bills over a lifetime

The average Brit will spend £686,000 on household bills over a lifetime, a study has found. The poll of 2,000 bill payers found the average household will fork out £11,379 a year on energy and water bills, mortgages or rent, insurance and loans. That amounts to £686,125 over the average...

Revealed: The science behind the common cold

As the season of sniffles approaches, GP Dr Roger Henderson has revealed the sticky ins-and-outs of sneezing, wheezing and other symptoms of the common cold. Sneezing is your body’s way of removing irritants from your nose or throat and is a powerful, involuntary expulsion of air, which typically leaves the body...

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