The rise of interventions in cases by activist groups that aren’t party to the dispute since 1997 is a break with our common law traditions.
Our strong sense is that our competitors – we cite France particularly – are more focussed on choosing nominees who might be expected to advance national interests on the world stage.
The Prime Minister must make up his mind whether or not to see through a policy to stop the small boats – now an issue of profound symbolic importance.
A lower tax burden will be impossible without less supply of government. And for there to be less supply, there must first be less demand.
What is needed is legislation that would shift the default, making it mandatory for the Government to act and thus not leaving it with the option of stopping when Strasbourg objects.
the risk is that the fiscal errors made by the Truss administration tarnish the vital goal of improving the UK’s sluggish long-term growth rate.
The new Home Secretary wants to uphold traditional British means of maintaining liberty and the rule of law.
Energy wonks like to equate reforming the electricity market to replacing the engine of an aeroplane in mid-flight. Let us hope that Britain’s new pilots are up to the task.
If Truss is set on rewriting the Integrated Review, she will need bandwidth at the top of govenment to do so effectively, given the awesome scale of the economic challenges facing her.
Take the case of a Nigerian national who was sentenced in 2016 to four years in prison for offences including possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intention to supply. The First-tier Tribunal allowed his appeal against deportation on grounds deportation was irreconcilable with Article 8.
Outsourcing to arms-length groups and insufficient departmental reviews have created a democratic deficit.
High-performing settings should be given greater leeway to experiment with different arrangements – flexibility is key.
As drafted it would let many of those who block highways and vandalise property get away with it, just as they do today.