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Migration numbers
When I was policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher we sought economic growth per capita as we wanted U.K. people to better off. We did not welcome the model of inviting in many people to do low paid jobs to boost GDP at the expense of GDP per head. We...Read More »
Enforcing the law
I do not have original ideas or proposed different policies to enforce the law. I rarely write about it for that reason.
Today it cannot be ignored. As part of my series on growth the first priority is clearly to enforce the law.
Rioting and looting destroy commerce and harm the...Read More »
Freeing the roads
There are three main kinds of roads.
There is the national network of motorways and trunk roads. These should be vehicles only. There has been some expansion of capacity by adding lanes and improving some junctions. More needs to be done as these are much used and crucial to our economy....Read More »
Better transport
If you want an economy to grow faster you need to create transport systems that allow people and goods to get about easily and at sensible cost.
For years under all 3 main parties in Parliament the U.K. has followed an anti car,truck and van policy. Nationalised roads have been kept...Read More »
Let’s have a larger rented sector
The U.K. is short of homes. We have often agreed here that much lower numbers of migrants would help reduce the shortage. The danger now is the new government may continue with the old government’s high migration policy and perhaps add to it with new safe routes and an amnesty...Read More »