Fred de Fossard

Fred de Fossard is director of strategy at the Legatum Institute.

Articles

Technology

What tech company would do business in Britain?

The Online Safety Act is kicking in and the reality of having an internet governed by Ofcom is starting to materialise; no matter what the Act’s advocates say, this reality isn’t pretty. Regulations like the Online Safety Act make Britain a bad place to do business and to be online, with two recent stories illustrating […]

Policy

The tax and subsidy carousel is killing British farming

The controversy surrounding Rachel Reeves’ decision to impose inheritance tax on farms just won’t go away. Former adviser to Tony Blair John McTernan provoked a nationwide backlash for his comments suggesting that we can do without smaller farmers, who should be crushed by the Government in the same way Margaret Thatcher defeated the miners. While […]

Brexit

Ministers must stop the ‘cheese blockade’ and offer a genuinely radical approach to our post-Brexit trade borders

Importers of cheese and charcuterie can breathe a sigh of relief. According to the Financial Times the Government’s much-feared import checks on food from Europe have been delayed once more. Jeremy Hunt apparently intervened to push the introduction of new checks from October until the New Year, following fears that they would increase food prices. […]