Nils Knoben

Nils Knoben is Managing Director of the Hamburg-based think tank Hamburg Vor zur Welt.

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Burnham is taking the wrong lesson from Germany
Europe

Burnham is taking the wrong lesson from Germany

Last week, Andy Burnham inaugurated ‘No 10 North’, his signature project, by working for the first time from the government’s new Manchester base, a self-styled ‘situation room for growth’. The symbolism was clear: power would no longer be concentrated in Whitehall. But the rhetoric remains stronger than the detail. The detail we have is concerning. […]

Business

Labour have revealed their deep mistrust of business

Labour’s first year in government has already seen more U-turns than a learner driver on a test track. One came earlier this month, when Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds backed away from his own department’s plan to scrap long-standing exemptions for small companies filing accounts with Companies House. The proposed rule would have forced even micro-entities […]

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