Brendan Chilton

Brendan Chilton is Chief Executive of the Independent Business Network, Director of the Institute for Prosperity and a Labour Councillor in Ashford, Kent.

Articles

Policy

The Labour case for ditching the triple lock

If Keir Starmer wants to show Labour are serious about sorting out the public finances and driving growth in the economy, he must look again at the pensions triple lock. The triple lock for pensioners was introduced after the 2010 general election by the Cameron-led coalition government. The measure ensures that pensioners have an annual […]

Brexit

The Brexit dividend: deregulation and economic growth

Seven years after leaving the European Union, we have seen absolutely no change in our regulatory framework. Successive Tory governments have promised to change the UK’s regulatory landscape to make the UK economy more competitive and dynamic and for the UK to become the best place in the world to set up and run a […]

Housing

The next PM needs to introduce an Emergency Planning Act

One reason our economy is so weak is that we are simply not building enough houses. For years a combination of local government bureaucracy, the lack of medium-sized house builders and the persistent rationing of of land have been holding this country back. The Government’s ambitious target of building 300,000 homes per year will not […]

Business

The next PM must strive for an ‘enterprise-first’ Britain

Prime Ministers and governments come and go, but the central mission of every administration remains the same; increasing productivity to grow our economy and to raise the living standards for our people. To do this we need the next Prime Minister, whoever he or she may be, to have a laser-like focus on enterprise and […]