What makes Rachel Reeves think she should be picking winners? Opinion Rachel Reeves’ vision for an “active and strategic” state is just old fashioned dirigisme with a new name, says Emmanuel Igwe A few hours before her Mais lecture this week, the chancellor had told Faisal Islam in an interview that she “so believed in an active and strategic state… working with working people to shape the [...]
The polling is clear: UK public is finally ready for serious NHS reform Opinion New polling shows the public mood has shifted on the NHS. The government must respond, writes Dr Emmanuel Igwe.
Net zero levy cuts are just tinkering at the edges Opinion The Industrial Strategy contains bold ambitions for cutting energy prices. Yet, for all the glossy presentation, the underlying thinking remains the same: a conviction that Whitehall can shape markets more effectively than the market itself, says Emmanuel Igwe We have learned through history that real progress emerges not from the bureaucratic designs of government but [...]
