Taxation
The Gatekeepers of Whitehall: HMRC’s Power Grab
The Government does not trust the market, it does not trust the professions, and it certainly does not trust the taxpayer.
Editor
Social Media
The Nanny State’s New Playground
This Government's instinct is always to control, to restrict, to ban.
Family Farms
The Countryside vs The Treasury: A Rebellion Reaches the High Court
Taxing family farms like share portfolios is an act of economic vandalism.
Cheltenham Festival
The Road to Ruin is Paved with Good Intentions
The Cheltenham Festival is a roaring success. So, naturally, the Government has decided to try and break it.
Taxation
The £20,000-a-Metre Path to Nowhere
Tax and spend - the taxpayer be damned.
Energy Policy
The Complacency Premium
A sensible energy policy would walk and chew gum at the same time – something one doubts any member of the front bench is capable of.
South West Water
An Apology, Two Years Late
Such corporate contrition has become a meaningless ritual, driven by a marketing department, rather than any real sense of boardroom remorse.
Business
The Gentle Insult of a Spring Statement
That taxation is at its highest level in 70+ years, is a record which Rachel Reeves seems perversely proud.
Yeovil
A Government without a Compass
This was not a moment of leadership. It was a moment of capitulation, a Government blinking in the face of a political firestorm of its own making.
Wapping Wharf
The Soul of a City is Not a Museum Piece
The recent approval of the Wapping Wharf North plot by Bristol City Council marks a significant milestone in a 20-year regeneration vision for the city's Floating Harbour.
Infrastructure
From Concorde to Concerts: The Rebirth of Filton
The announcement of the 20,000-capacity Aviva Arena at the historic Brabazon Hangars marks a decisive shift from public sector indecision to private sector ambition.
Local Government
A Government of Convenience, a Democracy of Contempt.
This is not leadership. It’s the panicked shuffling of papers in a failing bureaucracy devoid of ideas, devoid of a plan, devoid of beliefs: an attempt to insulate the powerful from the consequences of their own decisions.