Department for International Trade

Public Procurement

Liam Fox's "Buy Brexit" award criterion is a political, not cultural fit

After my post yesterday about the Department of International Trade "Buy Brexit" award criteria and some discussions on twitter I have come to the conclusion that the award criterion is one of political instead of cultural fit. While the section is called "cultural fit", its content

Public Procurement

The unravelling of EU law compliance on the run up to Brexit [Public Procurement Edition]

A few months ago I tweeted that we were on the cups of watching the rule of EU law disappearing before our eyes here in the UK as Brexit approaches. If we consider the CJEU's enforcement of EU law to be the ultimate deterrent for non-compliance, such effect