A Decisive Decade

Rather than debating whether we need deregulation, or increased regulation, the truth is that we need simpler, customer-centric regulation.”

Digital prevention needs to be well planned and executed – especially when significant errors could cost people their liberty or their lives. For these reasons, governance, rigour, and transparency are vital, so that unintended consequences can be discovered and set right.”

To deliver, the public sector will need the ability to go further and faster across a range of priorities that often transcend traditional departmental briefs.”

Universities are uniquely well placed to help unify post-18 skills provision by bringing disparate institutions closer together, and by forming partnerships with local employers to better align skills provision with the local economy and skills demand.”

As the new industrial strategy takes shape, the key will be to focus on macro causes and look for practical, pragmatic ways to reposition productivity, powered by innovation, as a shared goal.”