Which is why the “no, you only get one bite at the cherry of judicial review” changes are so important. No more faffing about: if you have an actual real legal argument then bring it to court, get th… (View Post)

This is needlessly negative. If this government succeeds in getting spades in the ground & infrastructure & housing built then they will have done a damn site better than the last government … (View Post)

This exact problem is going to dog the Conservatives for years. Almost everything they try and blame on the current government will have the rejoinder of “and what did you do about this when you were… (View Post)

The current rules heavily tilt defined benefit pensions towards investing in the safest possible financial instruments - effectively gilts or the highest quality corporate bonds. This makes sense on … (View Post)

Oof. You can really see the destruction of local government carried through in the name of austerity by the Osbourne/Cameron government in that chart. What’s also clear is that it didn’t work - centr… (View Post)