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.

Brits are turning to cleaning to de-stress

Millions of Brits admit they find tidying therapeutic rather than a chore, a study has found. Eight in ten adults reckon tidying and organising is a real stress buster - whether it be filing away important documents, having a pristine desk at work or labelling files. Four in five people...

“Paradise Papers” link Queen to million-dollar offshore investments

The Queen has been implicated in the latest data leak of financial documents being dubbed the "Paradise Papers". The leak shows how the powerful and ultra-wealthy secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens, and were revealed as part of a 100-strong media investigation which has been exposed today....

One in five Brits trapped in working poverty

A damning study has today revealed one in five Brits are now trapped in working poverty as inflation continues to outpace wage growth. Ahead of Living Wage week (6-12 November), KPMG’s annual Living Wage report reveals 21 per cent of people in the UK are still earning below the real Living...

Are you paying attention during film trailers? Take the test

There’s nothing better than a trip to the cinema - the smell of freshly popped popcorn and the excitement of going to watch a film you’ve waited months to see. You sit through each gripping trailer in anticipation, munching your way through your cinema snackbox. But while you were sipping...

Leaked: The Labour document that aims to “transform society”

A document on the Labour Party’s democracy review has been leaked outlining how the party plans to involve its hugely expanded membership to become a mass movement which can transform society. As of June 2017, Labour had 552,000 members, far out-performing the Tories 149,800 members and Lib Dems 102,000 members. And now the party...

Tory Britain: Where child poverty soars as the rich get richer

The number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years as the richest members of our society get richer. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted an increase of more than a million in the number of children living...

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