Tim Wallace

Tim Wallace is the Telegraph's Deputy Economics Editor. He has reported on business, finance and economics since 2010 and joined the Telegraph in 2015. Wallace provides insightful coverage of economic issues, focusing on topics such as public finances, taxation, and fiscal policy. His reporting often highlights potential challenges facing the UK economy and examines the policies of various political parties in relation to economic matters. Wallace's work is characterized by a strong command of economics concepts and an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and accessible manner.

Biography:  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/tf-tj/tim-wallace/

98%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • For a party to enter office and then declare that things are 'worse than expected' would be fundamentally dishonest.
  • The next government doesn't need to enter office to 'open the books'; those books are transparently published and available for all to inspect.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Both Labour and Conservatives have committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income.
  • High interest payments on existing debt and low expected economic growth could make reducing future debt more difficult than in any Parliament since at least the 1950s.
  • Taxes are on track to absorb a larger share of the nation's income by 2028-29.
  • The current chancellor had pencilled in potential cuts in funding for some public services, such as justice or higher education, of more than 10%.
  • The state of public finances is described as hanging over the election campaign 'like a dark cloud'.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

IFS Warns of Financial Challenges Awaiting Next UK Government: Public Finances Loom as 'Dark Cloud'

IFS Warns of Financial Challenges Awaiting Next UK Government: Public Finances Loom as 'Dark Cloud'

Broke On: Wednesday, 10 September 2014 The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warns that UK public finances face significant challenges, including high interest payments on debt and low economic growth, making it difficult to reduce future debt. This issue looms over the election campaign as both Labour and Conservatives commit to debt reduction. The IFS urges an open discussion on how parties will address these financial challenges.