The Covid-19 inquiry should be a battle for Johnson, not for the Cabinet Office June 5, 2023 With the Boris Johnson Covid-19 inquiry saga, the Cabinet Office picked the wrong hill on which to die. Its fight with the inquiry poses questions about morality and transparency, writes Eliot Wilson
We won’t reach a climate solution without all our partners in Asia – including China June 5, 2023 To reach climate solutions, especially involving financial services, we need to engage with all Asian countries - including China. Without a dialogue with big emitters, we won't achieve the results we want, writes Nicholas Lyons
A healthy motor industry for the UK needs gigafactories like the one Tata will build June 5, 2023 The Tata gigafactory could be an opportunity to reflect on what the government should and shouldn't do to support the vital, but hard-pressed, British motor industry, writes Geoffrey Owen
Succession: CMA would block a Waystar merger just like Microsoft – and it hurts Britain June 2, 2023 No spoilers, I promise. Succession builds towards its climax. Logan Roy, played by a full tilt Brian Cox, is trying to finalise a merger between his media conglomerate Waystar Royco – a hybrid of News Corporation and Disney – and the up and coming tech business GoJo. Imagine the final scenes. Months of globe-trotting negotiations [...]
Explainer: The British circus around Europe to strike migration deals June 2, 2023 Not many people would expect to spend their Friday morning scrolling through Robert Jenrick’s Instagram account. For those who don’t know him, he’s the Minister for Immigration, Suella Braverman’s right-hand man. Jenrick doesn’t like migration very much – and has made that clear through various statements of various tastelessness. He claimed that “uncontrolled migration threatens [...]
London can lead the financial world thanks to its command of artificial intelligence June 2, 2023 Despite some ringing alarm bells, London is still the leading financial centre. And much credit goes to its ability to harness new technologies like it has done with artificial intelligence, writes Gerald Chappell
A renovated Fleet Street will make London a stellar example of how modern cities work June 2, 2023 Fleet Street will soon be transformed into a vibrant, lively destination for workers and visitors. It will show how London areas can thrive as cities all over the world modernise and change, writes Lucy French
Clinical trials can be our turning point to turbocharge life sciences here in the UK June 2, 2023 Being a leader in clinical trials means approving new groundbreaking drugs at pace. Here in the UK, we're bound by bureaucracy; breaking free would provide benefits for the whole life sciences sector, writes Patrick King
Explainer: Who is to blame for the decline of British universities? June 1, 2023 It’s not a great time to be a university in the UK. First came Brexit, with its impact on European students who now prefer destinations like the Netherlands, which are much cheaper and still provide top-notch education. Then came the pandemic, with remote lectures and enraged students asking for their money back. Now, the government [...]
The UK should care about workers who emigrate to avoid a painful brain drain June 1, 2023 Our government worries so much about immigration, and yet doesn't consider how many Brits might be thinking about leaving our shores. It could lead to a dangerous brain drain, writes John Oxley