The approach set out under the REUL Bill risked becoming a parochial and backward-looking distraction. EU regulation should be considered in conjunction with domestic rules and curent economic and social trends.
It is absurd that a business in a central-London entertainment district should need to demonstrate “exceptional need” to sell hot food at night.
A major target of Government policy in respect of the domestic and trade economy ought to be the rebalancing of our unsustainable balance of payments deficit.
He was the most formidable Chancellor of the Twentieth Century and a titan of the modern Conservative Party – voting for Sunak and endorsing his approach in last summer’s Tory leadership election.,
Ease ratios for childminders, stop making small-time carers leap through educational hoops – and face up to the fact we need to build on greenfield sites.
Years of talking loudly whilst carrying a small stick have left voters unwilling to give the Government the benefit of the doubt.
There is a good case for stronger regulation, perhaps even abolition. But a one-sided view of the rights and obligations of property isn’t it.
The best way to protect the small proportion who struggle is to guarantee a mature, well-regulated gaming sector.
Opposition by big business and other vested interests makes enacting pro-growth policies difficult but not impossible.
There are enough mutinous MPs to sink almost any legislation, and he is in no position to face them down in the name of the bigger picture.
Outsourcing to arms-length groups and insufficient departmental reviews have created a democratic deficit.
High-performing settings should be given greater leeway to experiment with different arrangements – flexibility is key.
It is not their job to line the pockets of shareholders at the cost of undermining a vital national asset.
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces an uphill battle against entrenched attitudes in almost every relevant department.
The key issue is the difference between EU codified law which prevents any action not permitted, and our common law, under which everything is permitted unless prohibited.