Since the US Dollar departed from the gold standard in 1971 much of the world has abandoned or substantially relaxed capital and exchange controls. International trade and investment has grown dramatically since that time and it is acknowledged that open markets stimulate trade. The UK has been since the 1980s at the forefront of countries … Read more
The post below was first published on our Employment blog. Employment rights have been a key political battleground during both the Brexit process and the current general election campaign and, unsurprisingly, the approaches of the two main political parties are very different. On Brexit, the Conservatives seek to reserve the right to deviate from EU … Read more
The post below was first published on our Pensions blog The outcome of the 2019 General Election has the potential to radically impact the nature of the UK’s relationship with the EU and our other trading partners, the shape of the UK economy and the composition of the United Kingdom. At a macro level all … Read more
The post below was first published on our Real Estate blog In our blog post of 4 October 2019 we looked at potential land use and planning policies announced at the Labour and Liberal Democrat Party conferences this autumn and how they could affect developers. Since then, the Election has been set for 12 December … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, recently announced a report entitled “Medicines For the Many: Public Health before Private Profit”, which sets out a proposed set of policies on access to medicines in the UK, which are reflected in the Labour Party’s manifesto launched last week. An accompanying press release described the report as … Read more
In May 2019, ‘Bringing energy home: Labour’s proposal for publicly owned energy networks’ the Labour Party added more detail to their 2017 Manifesto plan to nationalise the network companies, which own the pipelines and cables that deliver gas and electricity to homes and businesses in Great Britain (GB). Read more
The post below was first published on our Public Law blog In Vote Leave Ltd v The Electoral Commission [2019] EWCA Civ 1938 the Court of Appeal found that it was within the Electoral Commission’s incidental powers to publish a report setting out its investigation and findings in relation to payments made by Vote Leave Ltd (“Vote Leave”) … Read more
The Labour general election manifesto was launched yesterday. A number of significant tax proposals were outlined and these are set out below (note, many of the policies are lacking in further detail at this stage): Read more
In the second webinar in our Policy Matters General Election series earlier today, we discussed Labour’s corporate governance and directors’ remuneration agenda, including proposals to: “amend the Companies Act, requiring companies to prioritise long-term growth while strengthening protections for stakeholders, including smaller suppliers and pension funds” “require one-third of boards to be reserved for elected … Read more
