It could take action to reduce industrial electricity costs, among other important steps.
The problem is that spiralling spending demands quickly use up the options which voters don’t notice. Eventually you need other big sources of revenue,
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Currently the UK spends around 1.7 per cent of its GDP on R&D. Yet the US and China are heading towards three per cent GDP, and others even more.
It would lead to thousands of job losses and closed businesses in the UK, among other damaging consequences.
Unions have called for children to be vaccinated – but they may be up against an even noisier group: parents.
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Investment in this infrastructure can create thousands of jobs and opportunities in new areas.
Universities need heavier scrutiny. Owners must be identified. Media backed by regimes that restrict freedom should be denied broadcast licenses.
It’s given a series of mixed messages over what this means for people who want to go abroad – with troublesome results.
The proposed Australian trade deal risks bankrupting our farmers. The competition is unfair, their standards lower – and our consumer gain minimal.
With economics, sleaze and environmentalism off the table, Labour is only left with the culture wars to fight the Tories on.
We urgently need an inquiry to understand our strategic failures in the country, and what went wrong.