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Weekly Briefing: A busy week for AI - CapX
Nov 5, 2023 · It has been a busy week in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). American President Joe Biden signed an AI executive order (EO), and the British government’s long-awaited AI Safety Summit kicked off in Bletchley Park. What the long term effects of the EO and the summit are remain to be seen, but both provide […]
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Businesses will welcome today’s Autumn Statement, but what
Nov 22, 2023 · The scale of briefing, leaking and kite flying accompanying today’s Autumn Statement was such that it was almost impossible to be surprised by any of the measures announced. But if we learned anything, it’s that Jeremy Hunt is clearly an avid CapX reader. Many of his announcements, from full expensing to pension reform, have been […]
Weekly Briefing: Inflated expectations - CapX
Jul 9, 2023 · With the independent Bank of England acting to control inflation and government keeping close control of the public finances, supporting households, and easing the supply side, we are doing everything we can to make sure expectations for higher inflation don’t become embedded…The country should feel confident that we can, and we will, get inflation back […]
Weekly briefing: CapX at 10
Jan 7, 2024 · This promises to be a year of progress and appreciation for a proud record of achievement. Not for the government, of course, which is facing a general election from around 20 points behind in the polls and with perishingly little to show for the last 14 years. But for CapX and the Centre for Policy […]
The UK needs hope, not just tax cuts - CapX
Nov 21, 2023 · Ahead of tomorrow’s Autumn statement, the Government is briefing that they have more ‘fiscal headroom’ than expected, indicating that they may bow to pressure from backbenchers and election strategists for retail tax cuts.. The idea that tax cuts are the key to winning votes in the Blue Wall is based on assumptions about the traditional, home-owning Conservative base, but new research by ...
Politics Archives - CapX
Dec 16, 2024 · How Adam Smith created a new politics of freedom and plenty. Daniel B. Klein and Erik W. Matson - 16 Dec 2024
The CapX Podcast: In defence of the rich - CapX
May 5, 2023 · To discuss whether the Government and society at large are doing enough to incentivise wealth creation, we were delighted to welcome broadcaster and commentator Emily Carver, Martin Vander Weyer, Business Editor at The Spectator, Merryn Somerset Webb, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg and entrepreneur Luke Johnson –f ounder and partner at Risk Capital Partners and chairman of Gail’s bakeries ...
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