A Tax Revolution in Poland?
The New Economic Deal Policy of the Morawiecki Government and its Implications for Investors Poland’s ruling United Right coalition is hoping 2022 will be a year of economic transformation for the country, stimulated by the politically controversial Polish Deal, the Government’s landmark package of sweeping economic, tax and social policy reforms. The reforms outline significant […]
Surprise Grand Coalition Forms Romania’s Next Government
Analysis & implications of Romania’s coalition crisis & the Government of Nicolae Ciucă Following months of uncertainty and two failed attempts to form a new government after the country’s three-party government collapsed in a no-confidence vote in October, Romania’s political crisis has come to an unlikely end, at least for the time being. The ruling […]
PLMR Wins Best Campaign In Scotland At The PRCA Awards 2021
PLMR is delighted to have won the award for “Best Campaign in Scotland” at the PRCA Awards 2021 for our “Save Scottish Bingo” campaign. The PRCA judges hailed the campaign as being, “An impressive integration of digital and consumer advocacy alongside traditional public affairs and media, delivering tangible policy impact for the client”. Through a powerful combination […]
PLMR Partners With The Big Issue To Build Online Tool That Tracks Risk of Homelessness Levels Nationwide
PLMR and The Big Issue have developed a brand-new web tool that lets anyone find out how many people are at risk of homelessness in their constituency and how the numbers have changed throughout the pandemic. The tool uses analysis of the Government’s official statistics on statutory homelessness, carried out by University of East Anglia, in partnership with The […]
New Anti-Corruption Party Wins Re-Run Elections in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s third general election of 2021 has been won by the newly formed We Continue the Change (PP) party, a new centrist and anti-corruption party led by former ministers Kirill Petkov and Assen Vassilev. PP’s surprising victory (securing nearly 26% of the vote) is the latest twist in a period of political instability that has […]
Uzbekistan: Opportunities and Risks for Foreign Investors following the Presidential Elections
On 24 October, Uzbekistan held Presidential elections won by the incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev with 80.12% of the vote. The closest competitor gained less than 7% of the vote. Mirziyoyev was inaugurated on 6 November. Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s victory was predictable and there was little suspense in the campaign itself, which began only a month before election […]
Five-Party Coalition to Form New Czech Government
The Czech Republic is on course to be governed by a coalition of two electoral alliances: the SPOLU coalition of three centre-right parties and the Pirates and Mayors alliance, with SPOLU leader Petr Fiala, a political scientist and university professor, expected to become Prime Minister. However, the governing majority to be formed by the two […]
PLMR Analysis: Autumn Budget and Spending Reveiw
The Chancellor started off by trying to strike a positive tone about the future, saying he was not drawing a line under Covid – and that we are certainly not at the end of the pandemic yet – but that he wants to create a higher wage, higher skills, higher productivity economy post Covid. With […]
Analysis of the Post-Election Structural Changes in the Lower House of the Federal Assembly of Russia
October 2021 On September 17–19, elections to the lower house of the Federal Assembly (the State Duma of the VIII convocation) were held in Russia. The pro-Government United Russia party received a constitutional majority of seats: 49.8% of the party list votes and 198 of the 225 seats elected through legislative constituencies. Seats were also […]
Surprise Victory in Hungary’s First-Ever Opposition Primary
To the great surprise of many pollsters and political analysts, Péter Márki-Zay, an anti-establishment conservative Mayor, has won Hungary’s first-ever opposition primary, organized by an alliance of six, ideologically diverse parties that have united to oppose Prime Minister Orbán’s attempts to secure a fourth consecutive term in power. Márki-Zay’s victory could yet cause ruling party […]
