If, as seems likely, the Conservatives win the General Election what is written in the manifesto will be of some significance. In 2015 pledges such as the 25-year plans appeared in the last Conservative manifesto. I’d be very interested to hear from you if get the chance to review the 2017 manifesto to see what […]
New items are highlighted with an asterisk Manifesto pledges – Conservatives It will be interesting to see what commitments emerge in the Conservative manifesto given the difficulties that the current Government has had with some of the 2015 pledges. First Generation to leave our environment better than we found it’ It will be interesting to […]
It really was a no-brainer. With such a small majority, 12 or 17 depending on who you are counting, any group of Conservative MPs could thwart what Government wanted to achieve. A perfect illustration of this was the recent embarrassing U turn by Philip Hammond over self-employed NI payments in the budget. The impending CPS […]
Thanks to Tom Hickey – Senior Public Affairs & Policy Officer, Marine Conservation Society The Conservative manifesto outlines the pledge to build on the recent Pitcairn announcement with a “Blue Belt” of MPAs in the OTs subject to local support and environmental need, and complete the domestic network of MCZs. It also pledges that “all […]
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2404339/could-this-election-deliver-a-golden-age-for-the-uks-green-economy James Murray Business Green ‘Clegg, Miliband and Cameron could yet usher in a historic transformation of the UK economy – businesses and investors should take note Yes, the question posed in the headline to this blog is wilfully provocative. It sure doesn’t feel like a green golden age is just around the corner, does […]
Business Green ‘The first shots in what promises to be a brutish election campaign highlight how partisan politics could make the green economy one of the big losers of 2015. It is one of the most widely quoted and possibly apocryphal anecdotes in US political history. In one of his early Congressional campaigns Lyndon Johnson […]