Sunak’s belief in the Rwanda scheme is based on magical thinking November 20, 2023 Rwanda has always been an ill-conceived policy with little evidence, but Rishi Sunak is willing to bet everything on it, writes Eliot Wilson
The Notebook: From the power of mentoring to the joy of a ‘dumb phone’ November 20, 2023 The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it’s the turn of Ed Johnson, CEO of mentoring platform Pushfar. Businesses have got to start giving employees time for mentoring When we ask any leadership team about whether they think that mentoring is valuable, they almost all say it is. In [...]
Forget Starbucks, the Square Mile needs to be the coffee shop for cultural ideas November 20, 2023 The benefits of fostering connections in the City go far beyond the Square Mile, writes new Lord Mayor of the City of London Michael Mainelli
UK MPs simply don’t care enough to ban conversion therapy November 20, 2023 Gay conversion therapy has been banned in multiple countries around the world and is rightly called abuse by medical experts - but the government's refusal to ban the practice shows they don't care about LGBTQ people enough
It’s the Year of the Pothole and Britain is crazy November 17, 2023 Forget the Chinese Zodiac – Britain’s automotive association has appointed itself responsible for assigning the symbol of the year. And they’ve chosen potholes.
Why has levelling up failed? November 17, 2023 Levelling up has become a semi-religious mantra to which Labour has joined in the ubiquitous chanting. Yet the scheme has been mired in criticism – its selection process was condemned as “corrupt” and local authorities are struggling to spend their lot.
London’s economy is a microcosm for our success but we’re ignoring ways to help it November 17, 2023 London’s West End is a microcosm of much of the wider economy: it has small independent businesses in sectors such as food, big high street chains in its bars and retail.
As London loses firms to the US, our obsession over regulations is a distraction November 17, 2023 The idea regulations need to be trimmed back is a pure distraction from the real problems that London faces, writes Daniel Valentine
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Fireside chat November 16, 2023 Offender: Fireside chat What does it mean? Largely unclear but denotes some kind of informal chat. There is no fire involved. The term originated with President Roosevelt, who gave a series of evening radio addresses between 1933 and 1944 designed to provide assurance and familiarity to Americans during the fallout from the Great Depression. Its [...]
From Rwanda to inflation, Sunak has tied himself to pledges he can’t control November 16, 2023 Cutting both immigration and inflation are two of Sunak’s cornerstone pledges, but the PM is struggling to wrest the former under control even as he amps up the rhetoric, writes Simon Neville