The UK is incorporating the precautionary principle into domestic law. This should be balanced with an innovation principle.Innovation is vital for economic growth and prosperity. But there are widespread concerns that badly designed and targeted regulation holds back innovation, due in part to...

The Climate Change Committee was established by the Climate Change Act 2008 to advise government on climate policies, in particular with respect to carbon budgets and emissions targets for the period up to 2050.The quality of the CCC’s advice is questionable, in particular with respect to the...

The government proposes to give a new Digital Markets Unit (DMU) powers to regulate firms in digital markets. This new ex ante regulatory approach is designed to overcome the claimed inadequacies of existing competition law to regulate the digital sector yet will be housed in the Competition and...