These proposals would preserve the Government’s ability to defend against consumer harm and regulate the abuse of market power, whilst also allowing the UK to continue to nurture one of the world’s leading digital economies.
Fortunately, there are plenty of half-completed measures ministers could see through in time for the next election, from recognising product standards to locking in new trade deals.
Far from being a climbdown, the Government’s announcement about the CE mark could be the springboard for a unilateral-recognition revolution.
Ministers have protected some of the most vulnerable people in society, during some of the most challenging times the country has faced. They should now adapt the Social Metric Commission’s measure of poverty as a national statistic.
If local authorities really thought there was backing for Council Tax increases, they wouldn’t dodge holding referendums.
There may some ingenious halfway house solution. But it is hard to say how extending it for another year can be avoided.
Until Ministers have a clear direction in which to steer the ship of anti-poverty policy, they will be at the mercy of the passengers.
We will do this by speaking with as many people and communities across the UK as we can, and will produce a series of recommendations for Government.
The Legatum Institute has this week published a methodology for one. We don’t claim that it has all the answers, but it does offer a guide to hard policy choices.
We should move from a planning permission-led system to a building permit-led system. Design rules should be strict, clear, but limited.
Philippa Stroud’s new Social Metrics Commission hopes to bring light to murky statistical waters. But can numbers ever truly neutralise politics?
Of the 66 million people globally who have been forcibly displaced, approximately 40.3 million are displaced within their own countries.
The idea that our departure opens up new economic opportunities is a huge challenge to those who built their careers on the Brussels model.
A small proportion of those who voted Remain are simply unable to move on from the referendum result – and taking refuge in conspiracy theory.
Labour is likely to turbocharge the ESG and DEI agenda. Their proposed Race Equality Act would accelerate DEI in the workplace and burden all companies with the sort of diversity reporting the FCA wants to impose on the City.