Independent assessment of political proposals is an important safeguard for the voting public
With an election imminent, it is important party policies and manifestos are objectively costed and testedEmployees love the flexibility of hybrid working but it could prove costly in the long runThe Tax Strategy Group, established in the mid-1990s, also publishes assessments of the costs and benefits of different options, mainly but not exclusively on tax matters.The Netherlands has been providing independent assessment of party manifestos in a structured fashion for 40 years.
However, because of the disparate political landscape in the Netherlands, it has been common for at least eight separate political parties to submit manifestos for independent analysis in the run up to an election campaign. This has caused resource problems for the Central Planning Bureau, not least in order to have Chinese Walls between those assessing different proposals so as to ensure confidentiality, and to get the complex assessments involved done in time.
Independent assessment of political proposals is just one safeguard for the voting public. Serious and independent media outlets are also crucial in informing the public of the outcome of these assessments. Serious journalism has suffered most, however, from the decline in traditional media. Many people now receive their news, and many of their opinions, largely via unregulated social media, whose algorithms can act as an accelerant on fake news.
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