The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill is now making its way through parliament. But, says David Abulafia, it is hard to see an end to the...
The EU’s pandemic recovery programme with its invisible liabilities poses risk to the global financial system, says Bob Lyddon. If risk is to be recognized and managed,...
The new social care proposals may be flawed, but the critics are wrong to claim they are ‘unfair’, says Sheila Lawlor. They aim to reconcile the economics of incentive...
As the UK healthcare system appears collapses under pressure of patient numbers, Tony Hockley explains how Treasury driven manpower planning is at the heart of the problem.
The Northern Ireland Protocol continues to undermine relations between the EU and the UK. But, says Ray Bassett, a former Irish diplomat, Ireland should take a lead...
President Macron may be picking a fight over fishing rights with Brexit Britain. But ,at home, when it comes to sovereignty, as John Keiger explains, he is the odd man...
The big public spending hikes in this week’s budget imply the tax burden will rise to over 36 per cent in the next five years, its highest...
When, on Tuesday, the House of Commons debated whether to renew for another six months the temporary provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020, it was nodded through...
Energy supply is central to today's political debate – its sources, its costs and its consequences for all the environment. But we hear too little about the implications...
The Prime Minister set out his stall for a high skill, high productivity labour market in Manchester this week. But for Britain’s businesses to boom, a low...