Hammond’s plan – from abolishing Stamp Duty for most first-time buyers, through to reforms to help Universal Credit recipients.
MigrationWatch has suggested that those EU migrants with skills in short supply should be able to come to the UK for a time-limited period after Brexit.
Given the resistance of Tory MPs to spending cuts and tax rises, Hammond’s easiest course would be to push any into the future. But this wouldn’t be problem-free…
We owe it to the victims to ensure better co-ordination is in place to avert future tragedies.
Her needs to deliver bold measures, but also show that he can read the politics and mood of the party and country.
After massively increasing the cost of regulation the Mayor now expects the operators to pay. Some firms will be driven out of business.
To reduce investment in infrastructure or R&D is to take away from the future – just as surely as running up unsustainable debt does.
I have said previously that I believe the Government has been pursuing a sensible negotiating approach to date. I maintain that view.
There are some areas where continued jurisdiction for the ECJ is defensible and may, pragmatically, be the best route forward.
Whatever else unfolds in the coming years, we need to look near and far for learnings and solutions to our emissions challenges.
The Transport Secretary assures viewers that “people will be able to carry on booking their holidays” after Brexit.
Not only will it free up much-needed capacity for commuters and freight on the existing network, but we’re ensuring a huge skills footprint too.
If it shares Transport for London’s technophobia it will continue throwing money away on bureaucrats and agency commissions.
Decades of under-investment in transport are being corrected – but we need an ambitious strategy for what comes next.
It continues to clear the deficit, prepare for Brexit, and back our businesses with the support they need to boost productivity.