Matthew Lesh

Jan 13, 2025 | capx.co | Matthew Lesh

Gas Street Basin, Birmingham; Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Gas Street Basin, Birmingham; Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images From abolishing the Factory Tax to investing in transport, there's plenty the Government should do The Conservatives' economic policies should be aimed squarely at the Midlands and the North Fixing the housing crisis and reforming the tax system to incentivise investment must be priorities A political leader who has just secured a large...

Jan 7, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Matthew Lesh

Yesterday, an event unfolded that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. A self-identifying socialist prime minister stood before a press conference and unveiled plans for a new wave of private sector involvement and patient choice in the National Health Service. In the not-so-distant past, such a declaration would have provoked an uproar, with critics decrying it as a betrayal of the NHS’s founding principles. Yet this time, it passed with barely a murmur of dissent.

Jan 7, 2025 | cityam.com | Matthew Lesh

Tuesday 07 January 2025 5:44 am  |  Updated:  Monday 06 January 2025 5:47 pm Our polling shows hope of ‘change’ has turned to despair for Labour Business leaders are most likely to say they are “concerned” or “apprehensive” about the Labour government’s first Budget, a poll has found.

Dec 12, 2024 | cityam.com | Matthew Lesh

|  Labour came into office mocking Tory complains about the civil service, but are now coming up against the reality of an unwieldy bureaucracy unresponsive to their demands, says Matthew Lesh“Dominic Cummings was right“ is not a phrase you would expect to hear from a senior Labour official.

Nov 29, 2024 | msn.com | Matthew Lesh

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