Gove is ready to localise as much either as he wants to or as his colleagues will let him, or both. I hope it’s work in progress.
Perhaps the simplest way of putting it is: it’s all about economic credibility, stupid. Because come 2024, it certainly will be.
The final part in ConHome’s series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
SMEs are facing unprecedented challenges. Faster internet speeds can make a great difference.
‘Peter Pans’ prefer to burn the candle at both ends. They are cicadas, not ants, but many would still love to raise a family.
Whether moderate right Conservative, or moderate left, austerity is dead, and this new age will be with us for a long time to come.
It may be necessary, given the Coronavirus, and could even work. But Britain has a long, long record of state spending failing to turbo-charge growth.
The Chancellor’s measures leave us well prepared to tackle its short-term challenges as well as helping to shape the long-term trajectory of the economy.
Plus: As of writing, I’ve had hardly any communications at all from constituents about the Coronavirus.
Labour’s broadband policy is not about investment in infrastructure, but about a revolution in content to shape our collective political culture.
I hope that we will see more of the Chancellor during the campaign explaining how his plans can help support investment to boost productivity.
The West Midlands provides a case study for the UK in how connectivity can transform an area by linking its communities, its geography, its businesses and its people.
They are chosen not from a factional or ideological standpoint, but from what I see while doing the job of Mayor.
Thirty per cent of UK households, mainly rural and left-behind communities, were still on copper wiring last year.