Forging a New Industrial Strategy for Britain
When most people think of industrial policy, they think of British Leyland. Once the world’s largest car maker, by the 1960s Britain had been overtaken by America, France and Germany. The British industry, it was believed, simply lacked the scale to compete with...
Government deploys arguments developed by Policy Exchange in its Supreme Court appeal
Jo Maugham QC, a prominent supporter of the Article 50 litigation, remarks: ‘An awful lot – possible all? – of the secondary material the Government is citing is to be found on the website of @judicialpwr’. A welcome tribute, if a little overstated, but it is...
Policy Exchange’s Richard Ekins in the Telegraph: ‘Day two in the Court: a tale of two Acts (with a devolution interval)’
The Government today rounded out its argument on appeal, critiquing the High Court judgment and responding pre-emptively to the devolution arguments which are to be raised tomorrow by the Scottish and Welsh governments amongst others. Lord Pannick then began his...
Aileen McHarg: The Devolution Implications of the Miller Decision
Brexit and Devolution Given the complexity of the United Kingdom’s system of multi-layered governance, and the intertwining of policy competences across European, UK-wide and devolved levels, the devolved governments and legislatures necessarily have a strong interest...
