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Should we allow young people to use their pension savings to help get on the housing ladder?
By Gareth Jones Last week, the pensions minister Guy Opperman caused a mini-storm among certain sections of the pensions industry and social media by...
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Two-week national lockdown imposed in Wales
By Sian Jones Lockdown, not lockstep, was the order of the day when Wales’ First Minister, Mark Drakeford, announced a two-week national shutdown in...
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Fight over food standards could unlock yellow gate in red wall
First written for and published by The Times. Despite the efforts of a squadron of celebrities — including Jamie Oliver and Joe Wicks, along with a...
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Lockdown redux, smoother waters but a brewing storm
By Simon Gentry , Public Affairs Matt Hancock MP, the Secretary of State for Health, came to the Commons today to announce what millions had been...
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The Big Picture… even the Beautiful Game is at risk
By Robin Tozer While the front pages have been dominated by arguments about lockdowns, the back pages have been focused on the Big Picture. Project...
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A Disunited Kingdom
By Joe Cockerline Much has been made of the disparity in COVID infection rates between the North and South of England. Despite today’s news that...
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The policy and politics of lockdown
By Gareth Jones, Public Affairs Developments in Westminster today have been dominated by further questions over whether a "circuit breaker" lockdown...
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FRC proposals on company reports are plain comms-sense
By Ian Morris The Financial Reporting Council published a discussion paper on Thursday setting out radical proposals on the future of corporate...
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