More tick-box regulations won’t save us from a financial crisis April 14, 2023 After the fall of both Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, the instinct will be to double down on new rules. Instead, banks need to learn to stabilise their risks, writes Mary O’Connor.
In defence of keeping the CBI alive and even expanding it April 14, 2023 After the sacking of Tony Danker, the CBI is in death throes, but we still need a place to build trust in business leaders, and we should save the principle of the Confederation of Business Industry, writes Ben Cope The Confederation of British Industry – the CBI – doesn’t have many friends right now. Rocked [...]
Carving up the Equality Act will create a radical change in the legal status quo April 13, 2023 The changes Kemi Badenoch wants to make to the Equality Act would allow organisations to openly discriminate against trans people, writes Will Cooling
If we can plan for nuclear reactors on the moon, we can relax planning here in Britain April 13, 2023 If we don't relax our planning rules, we'll never be able to get the infrastructure for the amount of green energy we need - and our problems with nuclear are clear proof of this, writes Alex Petropolous
Finland’s accession to Nato backs Russia in a corner but it won’t end war in Ukraine April 13, 2023 Finland has joined NATO, and this is a very positive development in the West's fight against Putin's barbaric regime. But there's much more to be done to support Ukraine, writes Daniel Sleat
Explainer: Elon Musk enters – and exits – another BBC row April 12, 2023 What are two things that never grow old? Rows over BBC funding and Elon Musk’s bizarre decisions about Twitter. Now the two have come together, sparking a conversation that reaches from North America to the UK. It all started a couple of days ago when a Twitter badge appeared on the BBC Twitter page describing [...]
If Labour want to win an election, they have to get used to going on the attack April 12, 2023 Politicians use attack ads for the simple reason that they work.
The CBI’s sole purpose as a go-between for business and government is now defunct April 12, 2023 Tony Danker’s days at the CBI are over and the CBI’s days of influence might also have come to an end.
Our ailing productivity is workers’ payback to the greed of bankers after the 2008 crash April 12, 2023 If workers are quiet quitting, its because they have seen bankers get away with getting paid more for doing less.
We’re about to pour billions into childcare, but is preschool really good for kids? April 11, 2023 Investment into childcare is a really good thing, but most be done smartly. For instance, is pre-school beneficial? The evidence is mixed, writes Phoebe Arslanagic-Wakefield