A budget that both “needs improvement” & “exceeds expectations”The budget headline is a £127bn deficit and current account stabilisation where the Tories had planned further reductions in expenditure.Nov 6Nov 6
Are there any public sector efficiencies to find?In order to prop up the markets, Kier Starmer wrote an article in the FT, once again extolling the need for public sector reform. His…Nov 4Nov 4
Authority, common sense and modern A.I.Do public sector organisations need to own their AI training bases? Is this another iteration of the question originally posed at www03, by…Nov 3Nov 3
Come back when you’ve something to sayI wrote a piece for Brexit Spotlight on Starmer’s visit to Brussels . Earlier this month Keir Starmer’s went to Brussels to meet the…Oct 16Oct 16
Off to a rocky start? UK-EU relations and the Labour ‘reset’Earlier this month Keir Starmer went to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in a much —…Oct 14Oct 14
It’s not just trust!In a Labour List report Pat McFadden MP, in writing an introduction for a coming report on trust from the SMF, is quoted as saying, “ ……Oct 11Oct 11
No more a nation of shopkeepersI went on the National Rejoin March. These are the notes I made if I had been chosen to represent Another Europe on the platform.Oct 8Oct 8
Labour’s “thick” red lines!Why have the Labour Government trapped themselves with so many Red Lines? We have Reeves’ on the economy and now it seems Starmer and…Oct 6Oct 6
The rEUle of lawI once attended a HoC home affairs select committee where I saw that some Tory members were quite shocked that the EU would require…Oct 1Oct 1
Growth vs Public Debt managementYou don’t have to be a modern monetarist to believe that the UK has a debt crisis but there are a number of well evidenced and widely…Sep 211Sep 211