CMA ‘needs change of culture’ Tyrie tells MPs
Reforms to the Competition and Markets Authority unveiled by ministers last week do not go far enough, the watchdog’s former chairman has warned in a letter to all 650 MPs.
Culture wars: an American points out the obvious
In a report for the Centre for Policy Studies last week, he created a stir by saying that Britain isn’t separated by Left and Right but by the woke versus the non-woke.
High streets eyed for 500,000 new homes
Plans to “reinvent and reuse” vacant commercial properties could provide space for 500,000 new homes, according to a report published by the Centre for Policy Studies today.
News Liz Truss’s trade advisers warn against green tax ‘protectionism’ in drive for net zero
Eamonn Ives, of the conservative Centre for Policy Studies, agreed “clean free trade would be “vital” for decarbonisation. But he stressed that “border taxes really could be a viable long-term solution”.
Use Gareth Southgate’s tactics for culture war, pollster tells MPs
Gareth Southgate’s tactics in dealing with sensitive culture war issues should be followed by politicians, a leading US pollster has argued as he warned Britain faces a potential descent into American-style polarisation.
Half of young ‘cancel’ people over opinions
Britons are increasingly fearful of expressing controversial views and most young people have cut someone out because of their political opinions, according to a study.Just over half of adults under 30 said they had stopped talking to someone in person or online because of something political they said.
Ministers mull radical plan to axe tariffs on electric cars
Ministers are considering a radical plan to axe tariffs on hybrid and electric cars as part of efforts to speed up Boris Johnson’s switch to a carbon-neutral economy. Officials are understood to be eyeing the plan as part of efforts to send a message that the country will champion free trade after Brexit and is… View Article
UK should slash barriers to green free trade, says think tank
The UK should slash tariffs on environmentally friendly goods and services in order to fulfil its twin goals of championing free trade and protecting the environment. Read more in City A.M. here.
Britain should lead the world in fighting climate change says Liam Fox
Dr Fox’s speech to the Centre for Policy Studies think tank comes ahead of Boris Johnson welcoming world leaders to the G7 Summit in Cornwall next month. Read more here.
Online safety bill ‘a recipe for censorship’, say campaigners
The centre-right CPS thinktank was similarly critical. “It is for parliament to determine what is sufficiently harmful that it should not be allowed, not for Ofcom or individual platforms to guess,” it said. “If something is legal to say, it should be legal to type,” CPS’s director, Robert Colvile, added. Read more in The Guardian… View Article
Stamp duty holiday help extended until September in today’s Budget
Lockdown measures and pent-up demand for houses has caused the time it takes to buy a property to double, according to mortgage broker Trussle. At the same time, a recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) said the tax break had increased house sales to their highest level since before the 2007 financial… View Article
Rishi Sunak announces locations of eight new freeports across England in a bid to boost international trade
Rishi Sunak today unveiled the eight sites for the first freeports to be created in England. The Chancellor used the Budget to confirm the locations of the ‘special economic zones’ that were first announced in the Tories’ 2019 election manifesto. In 2016, Mr Sunak – before he was given a ministerial role – authored a… View Article
‘Red Wall’ Tory MPs demand a ‘Northern Big Bang’ of investment and Government action to boost the region
Northern Tories are today demanding Boris Johnson trigger an economic ‘Big Bang’ as part of his plan to ‘level up the country’. Read more in the Daily Mail here.
The Times view on how to level up: Big Bang Up North
The Conservatives won the 2019 general election with a promise to “get Brexit done and level up the country”. Voters in those parts of the country which could do with being levelled up have shown considerable patience since then. Read more in The Times here.
Red Wall voters backed programme for radical change, now Tories must deliver it
A burst of private sector investment could create a Northern Big Bang, comparable to the 1980s Big Bang in the City of London, write Jake Berry MP and Nick King. Read more here.
Universal Credit ‘tax on workers’ should be cut to help Brits get back to employment, says thinktank
Universal credit’s tax on workers should be cut to help struggling Brits back into employment, a new think tank report has said. The current system makes it “less worthwhile for claimants to take up employment”, a briefing paper by the Centre for Policy Studies said. Read more in The Sun here.
