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Carum Basra

@carumbasra.bsky.social
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Corporate governance nerd turned protections advocate. Deputy Director at Unchecked UK. Making the case for strong social and environmental protections and robust enforcement.

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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.
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
An 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
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Peter 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
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Interesting 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.com
Report: Bonfire of planning red tape will fail to deliver clean power and housing boost
IPPR 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
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
0.1% 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
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Unchecked UK @unchecked-uk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
1/5 🚨 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/w7jxB
shorturl.at
Morning Call: Who scotches the watchmen?
Labour’s deregulation plan is a risk to the economy.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Nothing that repeatedly intoning the word “deregulation” while burning product standards rulebooks in a giant wicker man won’t fix.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
One 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.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I’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 1/2
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How to dismantle the UK’s regulatory Tower of Babel
Labour’s erratic, piecemeal approach will not deliver lasting change
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Stop 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.
Screenshot of a BBC Politics tweet shows Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaking at a podium during a live broadcast of her speech. The quote at the top reads, “We are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into a nature restoration fund… they can focus on getting things built and stop worrying about the bats and the newts,” as she addresses the audience. In the background, there are large screens displaying the live stream of the speech, with a banner at the bottom reading “Kickstarting Economic Growth.”
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Unchecked UK @unchecked-uk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We 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.
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
NEW 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...
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Byline Podcast: Musk, Farage and Buying Influence in UK Politics
Adrian 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 ...
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Rebecca Florisson @rebeccaflorisson.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
6/6: 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...
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Stability in some areas of this month’s labour market — but more action needed to make work pay - Lancaster University
This 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.
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Interesting - "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"
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Trump’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 🧵.
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Encouraging 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.
Screen grab that says “Tech companies benefitting from conducting their business in the UK must accept their responsibility to keep people safe on their platforms and foster a safer online world. Keeping people safe is the first duty of government and it should be the first duty online platforms have towards their users. The power platforms have to effect change is undeniable, but recognition of - and action on - their responsibilities has often been too slow and insufficient.”
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Interesting 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.
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Competition watchdog is part of the solution, not the problem
The government should present a clear and consistent message on the authority’s role
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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 speech
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Refusing to Learn Lessons
Rachel 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.
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Why do I feel like I’ve seen this movie before?
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
On @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.
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Rachel 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.
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Carum Basra @carumbasra.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Strange 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...
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Chancellor'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.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I expect deregulation to unleash unprecedented growth* *in workplace accidents and foodborne illness
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