Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"You know, taking out a chainsaw isn’t quite my style but we are stripping away red tape and bureaucracy". Starmer in DC on the Musk and Milei moment at CPAC. Not sure DOGE minus the theatrics is much of a vote winner back home. 021
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/02/2025An excellent piece by @alanbeattie.bsky.social highlighting the dangers of Labour embracing the deregulatory cult - seems such a far cry from the securonomics agenda Labour ran on in the summer 162
Reposted by Carum BasraPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025“Deregulation is the wrong approach - better regulation can drive growth AND fight inequality” Spot on from @fairness.bsky.social 312231
Reposted by Carum BasraJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Interesting report from IPPR suggests that to meet clean power and housing goals the UK needs more and better resourced planning, not a bonfire of 'red tape'. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409759...businessgreen.comReport: Bonfire of planning red tape will fail to deliver clean power and housing boostIPPR warns simply slashing planning rules will fail to unlock necessary infrastructure investment, arguing better planning rules and resourcing holds key to government's growth mission 041
Reposted by Carum BasraPositive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 13/02/20250.1% growth is hardly cause for the govt to pat itself on the back. As our Head of Campaigns told LBC News today: ❌ Deregulation - especially of the banks - won't deliver GDP growth ❌Even when GDP does grow, most of this doesn't trickle down to households 086
Reposted by Carum BasraUnchecked UK @unchecked-uk.bsky.social · 14/02/20251/5 🚨 Open Letter 🚨 Labour is turning to a failed playbook to deliver growth: deregulation. A model which has driven instability for over a decade. We’ve written to the gov with @fairness.bsky.social and 24 business leaders, investors and legal experts to demand a re-think. shorturl.at/w7jxBshorturl.atMorning Call: Who scotches the watchmen?Labour’s deregulation plan is a risk to the economy. 34424
Reposted by Carum BasraAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Nothing that repeatedly intoning the word “deregulation” while burning product standards rulebooks in a giant wicker man won’t fix. 58821
Reposted by Carum BasraGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2025One moment the Labour government launches a Trumpian culture war against the regulators. The next, it launches a huge and complex strategy that is entirely reliant on them. No one is thinking this through. No one seems to know what they are doing. No one seems to know what they want. 1332062
Reposted by Carum BasraDiane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I’m getting really fed up of these abstract attacks on ‘regulation’ - why is Andy Haldane advocating the Doge approach for UK - blanket halving the number of regulators and their budgets? on.ft.com/416pqlx 1/2on.ft.comHow to dismantle the UK’s regulatory Tower of BabelLabour’s erratic, piecemeal approach will not deliver lasting change 82693146
Reposted by Carum BasraRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth. 721459511
Reposted by Carum BasraUnchecked UK @unchecked-uk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025We all want living standards to improve, but the governments growth-at-any-cost strategy is not the way to do this. Regulators ensure we have responsible growth that doesn't come at the cost of social and environmental protection. Unchecked UK's @carumbasra.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk this morning. 001
Reposted by Carum Basrabylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 20/12/2024NEW EPISODE: Musk, Farage - and buying influence in UK politics... @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from Tom Brake @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social and @carumbasra.bsky.social from Unchecked UK From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/1747192337/e...podfollow.comByline Podcast: Musk, Farage and Buying Influence in UK PoliticsAdrian Goldberg explores the implications of Elon Musk's reported interest in making a $100 donation to Nigel Farage's reform Party, with Carum Basra, Deputy Director for Engagement of Unchecked ... 066
Reposted by Carum BasraRebecca Florisson @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social · 15/10/20246/6: The new Fair Work Agency could be a game-changer, improving enforcement across and between areas. But without more resources, impact may be limited. Better monitoring and funding are essential to ensure workers get their rightful pay and protections. www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...lancaster.ac.ukStability in some areas of this month’s labour market — but more action needed to make work pay - Lancaster UniversityThis month’s labour market statistics show that despite wages still rising faster than inflation, today’s workers are hardly better off than they were nearly twenty years ago. 032
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Interesting - "the rhetoric that that regulatory system’s efforts to eliminate risk are holding back the economy isn’t helpful. This is the typical argument that drives the regulatory cycle and leads to too loose regulation after a period in which financial crises have been averted" 031
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Trump’s return to the White House isn’t just America’s problem—it’s forcing Britain to confront its regulatory future. 🇬🇧 Do we double down on being a trusted, high-standards economy? Or do we sell out for a US trade deal built on deregulation? A 🧵. 111
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Encouraging to see Peter Kyle recognise “keeping people safe is the first duty of government” as he sets out a strategic steer for Ofcom. Need to see this acknowledged more consistently. 010
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Interesting to see leading lawyer argue govt should present clear and consistent message on regulation's role and benefits after PM falls back on tired red tape tropes at last month's Investment Summit. Effective competition and consumer policy enforcement is a driver of growth not a barrier to it.thetimes.comCompetition watchdog is part of the solution, not the problemThe government should present a clear and consistent message on the authority’s role 000
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"Reeves’ deregulation drive will only succeed in unlocking the kind of short-term, extractive investment that has undermined the UK’s growth and productivity for many years now" writes @graceblakeley.bsky.social in response to last week's Mansion House speechtribunemag.co.ukRefusing to Learn LessonsRachel Reeves has pledged to deregulate the financial sector, arguing there is too much focus on ‘risk’ and not enough on ‘growth’. For working people, it’s a recipe for disaster. 11310
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 15/11/2024On @lbc.co.uk earlier today questioning the Chancellor's view that measures brought in response to 2008 had "gone too far". We've learned important lessons - let's not forget them in a dash for growth. 000
Reposted by Carum BasraOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Rachel Reeves thinks the post-financial crisis reforms went too far, and wants to roll some of them back. When enough time has passed for governments to have forgotten why discouraging risk taking was important, that is -- IMO -- precisely when we really want to discourage risk taking. 2205
Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Strange to hear a Labour Chancellor echoing bankers' talking points about "dynamic" markets. They used the same pitch before 2008 and we know how that ended. The City's memory might be conveniently short, but families who lost everything haven't forgotten. 🏦💭 news.sky.com/story/chance...news.sky.comChancellor's Mansion House speech vows to rip up red tape - saying post-financial crash rules went 'too far'Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey also warned Brexit has consequences for the UK economy and that the government should seize opportunities to rebuild relations with the EU. 000
Reposted by Carum BasraMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I expect deregulation to unleash unprecedented growth* *in workplace accidents and foodborne illness 4659