Did somebody have a few too many pints of wine before deciding people's ability to opt for an extra 68ml of wine could be transformative for the UK industry?

The FTSE 100 chart for the past year is quite something

Update. Those small bottles of Pinot Grigio aren’t shifting… so it’s now a clearance sale

If you want a small bottle of Pinot Grigio, my local Co-op has got you sorted tonight

Our friend Rich - the man who helped build the internet: A tribute in memory of This is Money's Richard Browning thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-…

Had my first 'how do I do this now Rich is not here' challenge today. Uploading Lunch Money to YouTube. Here it is: Get paid to switch off the lights and save energy. This one's for you, mate. youtube.com/watch?v=jGVEfB…

Richard Browning - a This is Money founding member and great friend has died. Rich was a gem and will be badly missed. Our thoughts are with his family. We'll publish a tribute in time, but here’s a classic of the Browning genre: A travel review of Lakeside thisismoney.co.uk/money/holidays…

House prices rose 0.2% in November, according to Nationwide's latest report...but what do you notice about these two figures?

RIP Alistair Darling - here's a throwback to his time as Chancellor in those crazy financial crisis days (when I was in my early years as financial journalist) I hope he's having a good chat with Charlie Munger right now. thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/art…

I would back a law against doing things like this - it’s vandalism

This NI cut is welcome but it doesn't fix Britain's stealth tax problem. My column on giving with one hand and taking with another - and the nasty marginal tax traps thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/ar…

All of our Autumn Statement coverage today, in one thread

Some solid bad news, bad news... good news vibes here from the OBR

Did the Chancellor accidentally leave a rabbit in his hat? No mention of this in the speech, but apparently we are improving Isas

A 'plan for growth' - checks charts from OBR

Allowing houses to be converted into two flats under permitted development is a bung for developers and kick in the teeth for local communities - and doesn't deliver the quality homes Britain needs

Not sure the self-employed are going to feel that £350 a year NI saving makes up for all the pain of recent years imposed on them

Practical Classic

You can tell a lot about a country by its roads, as This is Money podcast listeners know I’m fond of saying. I suspect Rishi Sunak you may have a few more years of pointing in you - if you fix them all by the election I’ll eat my hat

The Autumn Statement wishlist: What would you do if you were Chancellor for the day? This week's This is Money podcast with Georgie Frost ❄️, Lee Boyce and me on the stealth tax, Isa inheritance tax rumour mill- and what we'd do thisismoney.co.uk/money/podcast/…