by Whitehouse Communications | 4 Mar 2026 | Economy
The Chancellor delivered the Spring Statement earlier this afternoon, deliberately framing it as a low-key affair – an interim update rather than a full fiscal event. In conjunction, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest economic forecast,...
by Whitehouse Communications | 2 Sep 2024 | Uncategorized
The King’s Speech promised a government which would prioritise stability, hoping to take the ‘breaks off Britain’. In his first 40 days as Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer has promoted the message of national renewal. In practice, this manifests itself as a...
by Whitehouse Communications | 23 Mar 2022 | Children and Families, Communications, Economy, Education, Education & Children's Services, Employment, Energy, Energy and environment, Environment, Health, Health and Social care, Politics, Public Sector, Transport and infrastructure, Uncategorized
Wannabe Thatcherite Rishi Sunak believes that the path to the premiership he craves runs through a low tax agenda that revs the engines of the tory backbenchers and grassroots party members that decide leadership elections. But he also knows that the prospects of a...
by Whitehouse Communications | 26 Nov 2021 | European Union, Infrastructure, Politics, Transport and infrastructure
Background There was mild relief in London this week as the European Commission’s proposed revision of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) circulated. The fear had been that it would impose stringent new requirements on fund managers preventing...
by Whitehouse Communications | 30 May 2021 | Communications, Competition, consumer protection and investing, Economy, Employment, European Union, Politics, Public Sector, Whitehouse News
The Queen’s Speech on 11th March announced measures to “improve regulation” and the Treasury announced what it described as “a bonfire of EU red tape”. This has echoes of a remarkably similar promise from David Cameron to have a “bonfire...
