The Government’s approach is unlikely to bring out the best from those upon whom it depends to get things done.
Whether or not one supports the principle, this new vehicle has the potential to backfire and must be managed with great care.
With a huge repository of credit card information, you can be sure hackers will be coming after users hard and fast.
Private industry will fund much of the digital infrastructure investment. To ensure that no community is left behind will require state intervention.
The two-year freeze in the licence fee announced yesterday by the Culture Secretary leaves the question of how to reform the Corporation unresolved.
I don’t believe that a private owner would freely choose to commission from as diverse a range of independents.
She shares with him the ability to throw opponents off balance – and a commitment to levelling up.
His in-tray features: Covid, mental health, NHS reform…and social care. He’s set to be the most pressured Health Secretary since Lansley.
The first of a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about the most distinctive of the Prime Minister’s big aims.
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
The next National Cyber Security Strategy is due next year, and must have a strong focus on addressing this skills gap.
Few people understand better than the Culture Secretary how the government machine works, or fails to work.
“The new Sue Gray” – responsible for policing propriety and ethics – may yet be asked to rule whether Johnson’s adviser has behaved improperly.
A small community radio station with a few thousand listeners requires a license, but a social media channel with millions of individual subscribers does not.
Despite ministers’ reassurances and some improvements, the Bill’s safeguards for free speech online are insufficient.