Despite reviving economic growth being an avowed priority for every government since the Covid-19 era, the record has been lacklustre. The obvious question is why? What are the constraints that hold back ministers who want to support investment, innovation and growth? Of course, there are some fundamental limitations that any government has to operate within. […]
The Data Bill returns to the Commons tomorrow. Already a complex piece of legislation, the bill covers everything from retention of biometric data to the registration of births and deaths. Unfortunately, some peers have attempted to hijack the bill to settle a wider debate over how our copyright laws should adapt to the development of […]
There has been a blizzard of important announcements for the future of the digital economy from the Competition and Markets authority in recent weeks. New investigations into search engines and mobile ecosystems, provisional findings from its long-running cloud market investigation, investigations into reviews. However, the regulator’s relationship with the Government has also become evidently strained, […]
Why is it hard to get tickets to a Taylor Swift concert? Because there are an awful lot of Swifties and only so many concert dates, with only so many tickets going on sale each year. Last week, the Government announced a new consultation on changes in the regulation of ticketing markets, responding to concerns […]
