It’s vital that governments in London and Edinburgh do nothing to make things more difficult than they already are.
The pandemic offers the Government an inadvertent opportunity to “level up” Britain through the working from home revolution.
The belief that by hammering one sector of the economy you’ll help another is more reminiscent of socialist ideology than free market conservatism.
The second piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.
Council tax and stamp duty are confusing, unpopular, unequal and unfair – so it’s time to replace them.
In one of an occasional series we are running in advance of the Budget, some radical suggestions for kickstarting the British economy.
The terrible choices the Government has had to make are a paradox of the UK’s success as an international travel hub.
There’s huge scope to enhance the City, and the British economy – especially if we learn the right lessons from Thatcher-era reforms.
It may sound obvious, even trite, but it’s the only way out. The primary purpose of economic policy for the next five years should be to generate revenue.
The Government must speed up its vaccination programme, but until it understands the effect on transmission, tiers are here to stay.
Liz Truss came second after our panelists offered their own suggestions for this category.
Well intentioned measures can end up unfairly penalising the vast majority of the 30 million people in this country who enjoy a harmless bet.
56 per cent of these voters were persuaded by the Conservatives’ pledge to “Get Brexit done”, compared to 34 per cent of other Tory voters.
Completing the regeneration of Longbridge would be a powerful example of Conservative policy actively “levelling up” the economy.
We cannot waste the opportunity that our Government’s high-speed rail investment plans presents.