Economy

Thérèse Coffey says building infrastructure such as super sewers could be too costlyHelena HortonThérèse Coffey is announcing the government’s plan for water pollution at the Barnes Wetland Centre. It has been criticised for mostly containing already- announced policies and not going far enough to tackle England’s sewage scandal.But she has defended the Conservative party’s record and said there is no way to end pollution as quickly as campaigners ask.She told the audience of journalists, NGOs and water companies: “There is no way you can stop pollution overnight. If there were...

The Windsor Framework was announced on 27 February 2023 by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. This legal agreement expands on the Northern Ireland Protocol and comes after two years of negotiations between the UK and the European Union (EU). The Northern Ireland Protocol – which has been discussed in previous Economics Observatory articles – is the set of arrangements particular to Northern Ireland that sits alongside the broader UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement. Brexit notwithstanding, the Protocol’s purpose was to...