Dissenters can go figure. Yes, China is still stacking up new coal plants. But it is also the world’s largest invester in renewables. Meanwhile, America was pouring record amounts into them – even under Donald Trump. Those on the right who don’t...
Nissan says Brexit is ‘positive’ and gives the company a ‘competitive advantage’
Advertisements The car-manufacturing giant Nissan has hailed the Brexit deal, saying the agreement will give it a “competitive advantage” as it committed to producing new electric vehicle batteries at its Sunderland plant. Chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta praised...
Karen Bradley: Taking back lost time. Should MPs control the House of Commons agenda?
Karen Bradley is MP for Staffordshire Moorlands and Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee, which continues its inquiry into Commons’ Coronavirus procedures next week. Find out more here. Earlier this week, experts at University College London’s...
“Brexit for Nissan is a Positive”
“Brexit for Nissan is a Positive” Despite endless rumours that Nissan planned to close its Sunderland manufacturing plant, today its chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta instead raved over the opportunities provided by the Brexit trade agreement, celebrating its...
Peter Aldous: If the Government is to deliver on climate change, it needs better Parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals
Peter Aldous is the Conservative MP for Waveney. With its departure from the European Union, the UK has the opportunity to develop its own trade policy for the first time in nearly 50 years, enabled through the Trade Bill returning to the Commons for ping-pong this...
Robert Largan: Cutting Council Tax would do more to level up than cutting Corporation Tax
Robert Largan is MP for High Peak and a Member of the Levelling Up Taskforce Committee. Onward’s report, Levelling Up the Tax System, is available at this link. At the last election, in northern constituencies like mine, many people voted Conservative for the...
Alec Cadzow: Global Britain must be prepared to intervene in the Middle East
Alec Cadzow is Researcher to ex-FCDO Middle East & North Africa Minister Dr Andrew Murrison MP. He previously worked for a consultancy in Jordan and specialised in Middle Eastern history at St Andrews University before that. Parliament has returned from recess...
Hugh Sykes: How spatial planning can make levelling up a reality
Sir Hugh Sykes is Chairman of The One Powerhouse Consortium, a retired industrialist and was Chairman of the Sheffield Development Corporation from 1988-1997. Today sees the publishing of four draft “Spatial Plans” for the four super regions of England...
Sam Dumitriu: Brexit means we can give copyright law a much-needed overhaul
Sam Dumitriu is Research Director at The Entrepreneurs Network. Outside the European Union, we are free to keep the parts of EU law that work for us, while junking the parts that don’t. One area where we are already diverging is copyright. Last year, ministers...
Profile. Kwarteng Unchained. The rise, wobble and rise of the big, bold, bright new Business Secretary
Last Friday, Kwasi Kwarteng slipped quietly into the Cabinet as Business Secretary. His promotion was announced, ConHome noted, with no fanfare, but could prove one of Boris Johnson’s most significant appointments. For as soon as the emphasis shifts from...
