Michael Fallon
Experts line up to distance themselves from Fallon’s deregulatory push
Business minister Michael Fallon MP this week blamed both the financial crisis and the deaths in Mid Staffordshire hospital on the “regulatory culture” of the Labour years. However deregulation risks babies and bathwater territory. What we need is better and more effective regulatory systems so that failures cannot be ignored again and stakeholders are protected.
The government’s manufacturing and industrial strategy leads us down the road to nowhere
The lack of any coherent manufacturing and industrial strategy from the current government is proving to be a disaster for the UK economy, writes Tony Burke.
Michael Fallon approved of Bank “covert support”
Michael Fallon knew about the possibility of "covert support" for banks. A treasury select committee report recommended changes to the law to make it possible.