Sound advice
20 March 2020
Policy makers are taking full account of a paper from the Imperial College COVID-19 Response team published on 16 March. They are right to do so.
News/Views
Panic buying? Beware the panic selling
20 March 2020
The stock market is in freefall and shares are collapsing in value. Havoc is being created – fortunes are being made – by financiers selling Britain short.
Government stalls urgent action on air passenger duty
12 March 2020
Airline pilots trade union BALPA reacted with dismay to the budget announcement of increases in airline passenger duty. It had been calling for a six-month suspension.
Poll finds support for public services
11 March 2020
A new poll conducted by Survation has found that voters believe that the privatisation of public services as increased regional inequality and harmed “left behind” parts of the country.
Chinese set to seal British Steel takeover
5 March 2020
Chinese firm Jingye Group has confirmed plans take over British Steel at a price of £70 million, and to invest more than £1 billion in the company, which collapsed in May last year.
RMT ballot brings tube strike closer
2 March 2020
Widespread industrial action on the tube has moved a step closer as transport union RMT prepares to ballot its members on strikes over pay and hours.
Stop this anti-protection racket
The government has started consulting over what its new “Global Tariff Policy” should be.
If a job's worth doing...
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly.
The transition: stay alert, stay ready
We want to get Brexit done. But we’ve just had a 42-month tutorial in why we not to leave things to the establishment. What do we need to be vigilant about?
Fishing: 5 red lines
Fishing for Leave (ffl.org.uk) has posted its key demands for the future organisation of fishing in British waters
Keep Britain united
Too many people don’t recognise the importance of national unity for the development of a thriving Britain.
Agriculture: the great opportunity
While the EU is desperately trying to find the money to prop up its ailing and corrupt Common Agricultural Policy, Britain can plan for a productive future…