A famous victory for LBC’s James O’ Brien. There are many authors of our current economic crisis and the Brexit disaster - but the IEA deserves an honourable mention. LBC’s James O’Brien wins Ofcom battle with Institute of Economic Affairs theguardian.com/media/2021/aug…

Here's a list of enterprise zones including at least 12 on Tyneside.

They included generous tax breaks, relaxed planning regulations and so on.

They turbocharged growth and as a result the north east of England is one of Europe's richest regions 😐

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Abolish the Habitats Directive. I thought we were promised higher environmental standards?

Quite.

Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people - they also have the most “flexible labour markets”
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'On present trends, the average Slovenian household will be better off than its British counterpart by 2024, and the average Polish family will move ahead before the end of the decade.'

Staggering stat about our capture by the plutocrats. on.ft.com/3dkBKse

We must lift the cap on multi-million pound banker bonuses because we don’t have enough high-earning bankers.

But we must not pay junior criminal barristers more than minimum wage even though we have a critical shortage of criminal barristers.

Have I understood?

Or alternatively MPs staffers think they are way more important to the country than they actually are.

”Frankly, senior leaders have better things to be doing with their time than answering hectoring calls from the DfE about whether or not they are using the NTP.”

Geoff Barton speaking to Callum Mason in this great exclusive on the NTP mess

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Here's an example of how the #OxfordComma can improve clarity.

The photo shows two contented piglets, Truss and Coffey.

The photo shows two contented piglets, Truss, and Coffey.

Great event University of Warwick today on productivity and futures of work, exploring links between well being, productivity and changes in work patterns. Not a production function in sight

I’m a big fan of Andrew Turnbull.
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I think it’s only right that the first fracking licences are awarded to constituencies of Tory MPs who have campaigned so hard for it. I’m sure their majorities will survive a few local earthquakes…