
Iain Mansfield: Time to Take Back Control – of Whitehall
We argue that the civil service requires significant reform if it is to rise to the challenges facing our society and maximise the opportunities of Brexit.
Iain Mansfield is a former senior civil servant and winner of the Institute of Economic Affairs' Brexit prize. He writes in a personal capacity.
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Which candidate can devise and push through the policies needed to unite the Tory shires with the Leave voters of the north?
The only certainty is that such a travesty would heap more bitterness and division on an already frustrated electorate.
It would bring with it many compensations, including regulatory freedom, tariff income and £39 billion of cold, hard cash.
Charging the same amount for different courses does not make sense. Fees should be slashed, but with the threshold for repayments lowered.
It has secured an overwhelming dominance. Until or unless this changes, the Right may win elections – but to limited effect.
Paradoxically, the Prime Minister can only deliver her proposals if the Government now prepares actively for No Deal.
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