Well we got there in the end! I first encountered the siren call for structural reform of the various Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) in a compelling paper written by Michael Johnson for the Centre for Policy Studies, the publisher of CapX, in 2014. And the opportunities which could be provided by consolidation (of both […]
The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILs) was launched to much fanfare, with people lining up to praise the far-sighted, generous nature of the programme and proclaim how much it would do for small business. A staggering £330 billion was set aside for interest-free loans, with the Government willing to sit behind 80% of the […]
People have started accusing the Government of ‘making it up as they go along’ of late, implying that ministers should have had a hard-baked plan in the locker outlining precisely what to do when a global pandemic hits our shores. The truth, as anyone who has spent time in Government knows, is that you can, […]
