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Levelling up and infrastructure policy
A review on what infrastructure policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside the South East.
Levelling up and skills policy
This insight reviews the evidence on what skills policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside of Lon
What levelling up policies will drive economic change?
Levelling up will not deliver the changes promised by Boris Johnson unless the next PM’s government is more ambitious in tackling regional inequality.
Johnson’s caretaker government must act with care in a worsening energy crisis
There are limits to the decisions Boris Johnson’s caretaker administration can take
Conservative Party leadership contest 2022
On 5 September 2022, Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak to become leader of the Conservative Party.
A Boris Johnson caretaker government can cause real problems
Bronwen Maddox sets out what he now needs to do for the sake of his party and for politics
Boris Johnson should resign
The prime minister can no longer run an effective government
Simon Case must put an end to No.10’s press office lies
Another day, another set of misleading claims from the prime minister’s press operation.
The Treasury is right to be wary of a temporary VAT cut
As calls intensify for a temporary cut to VAT, there are plenty of reasons to be wary
After Boris Johnson: what now for the civil service?
With the Johnson era coming to a close the civil service’s leaders need to find their voices, assert how best to run the institution, set a clear purp