Time to rethink macroeconomic policy
Related Content A new Chancellor of the Exchequer and a new Governor of the Bank of England offer the opportunity of taking a fresh look at not just monetary policy, but macro-economic policy as a whole and the role of fiscal policy within it. A decade after the...
Putting consumer welfare at the heart of competition policy and market regulation
Related Content The UK competition authorities, having for years been behind the curve in taking competition and consumer welfare issues with the seriousness that they deserve, are now upping their game significantly. The CMA is demonstrating much greater vim and...
‘Without sound finance, you cannot have a strong economy with which to fund public services’ – the moral the Chancellor should choose for his Budget
Budgets are often seen as political ‘moments’ that can be used to recapture momentum and push the government’s domestic agenda. The Chancellor himself has said he understands that he needs to ‘tell a story’ on where the nation is going. As he puts the finishing...
A sensible deal on the Northern Ireland border is very achievable – Brussels and Dublin should stop playing games.
Hell hath no fury like a Commission scorned. Since the UK is breaking up the European Commission’s cherished Union, the Commission retaliates by supporting those wishing to break up the UK. The first attempt was Jean-Claude Juncker’s wooing of Nicola Sturgeon when she...
