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The case for a Brexit state aid compromise
Alex Stojanovic sets out a route to a compromise on state aid
The point of industrial strategy is not to build a massive tech champion
The government's aspiration to drive Britain's creation of a trillion dollar tech company is deeply problematic
The government should delay the spending review as well as the budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has sensibly announced he will not present a budget this autumn.
The extension of coronavirus powers and the “Brady amendment”
The Commons will vote on whether the government should be able to keep using the emergency powers it was given in the Coronavirus Act 2020.
Trade in the UK internal market
Leaving the EU creates the possibility for more trade barriers to emerge within the UK.
Rishi Sunak’s shift in approach could place ‘viable’ jobs at risk
The chancellor has taken on a riskier approach to job support by focusing only on ‘viable’ jobs
Rishi Sunak's cash influx can’t protect public services from a second coronavirus wave
While extra funding has helped, the chancellor's package of financial support can’t reverse a decade of budget pressures
Whitehall Monitor: The cost of Covid-19
Covid-19 is already likely to cost the UK government £317bn – in increased public borrowing – in 2020/21 alone.
The government must be clear about the difficult realities of a no-deal Brexit
Joe Marshall says the government must spell out the trade-offs involved with a no deal Brexit
100 days until Brexit and the UK is nowhere near ready
With 100 days to go until the end of the transition period, the UK is still far from prepared for the realities of life outside the European Union