Ukraine

Ammunition for Ukraine and the perils of industrial policy

EU's pledge to deliver 1M artillery shells to Ukraine by March 2024 faces obstacles due to insisting on producing them within the EU. Some member states allegedly block sourcing from outside the EU. Industrial policy clashes with timely supply.

Public Procurement

Some further reflections on transparency in the Procurement Bill

Thanks to a comment on my previous post about the Procurement Bill and some discussions last Friday at Nottingham, I think it is worth making some further reflections on transparency as it stands in the Procurement Bill. My main criticism is that for all the lofty ambitions from the Green