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The proposition is backed by more than a third of those prepared to say how they’d vote – including an overwhelming majority of Tories.
A new economic zone should have its own planning and development policies – with the potential to become a manufacturing powerhouse.
A limited suspension is one thing, lasting change would be another. And so often, nothing is so permanent as the temporary.
It has become increasingly clear that all this is less about what he did and entirely about who he is.
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The unique circumstances of the pandemic temporarily forged a common response, but cracks are already appearing and will only deepen.
Scotland and Wales have both declined to adopt the Government’s new ‘Stay Alert’ formulation, raising the prospect of a rift in approach.
In order to maintain a UK-wide approach, the infrastructure for a ‘test, trace, and track’ strategy has to be in place across the board at the same time.
‘The number itself was a distraction… tests without a purpose or a point are not a good use of the limited resources,’ Drakeford insists.
The Small Business Grant scheme should cover these businesses – and the furloughing plan allow sole company directors to work.
Four decades on, history seems likely to vindicate those who warned that devolution would undermine the United Kingdom.