The opportunity to simplify regulation and get rid of duplication must not be missed. Britain's future competitiveness depends on it. |
The private, voluntary and public sectors have all raised this as an issue, so the system clearly isn't working as it should. |
The question is whether compulsion would solve the problem of a lack of saving for retirement. We don't think it will. |
The temptation to overwhelm them with unjustified employment law, just to placate the trade union movement, must be resisted. |
There is a fine balance to be struck between security and open markets and the U.S. Congress could be about to tip that balance in the wrong direction. National security won't really be enhanced but America's economic security will be damaged as foreign investors are put off and outside expertise lost. |
There is also a real danger that providers will create structures for artificial reasons to get around arcane rules governing market entry, rather than creating partnerships that add public value. |
This is a very important moment for the government's economic policies. Measures are needed that will ensure economic stability over the next few years and not undermine business growth, |
This is an attempt to broker a compromise that has completely backfired, |
UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one, |