Insights The EU Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is a Commission proposal published in March 2026, establishing a framework to accelerate industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors. Its headline ambition is to restore manufacturing's share of EU GDP to 20% by 2035. The Act integrates industrial policy, climate ambition and economic-security tools into a single regulatory package - the most comprehensive intervention in EU industrial policy since the Single

DT Economics welcomes David Vincent as Senior Advisor. David is an econometrician and economic consultant with 23 years of experience in econometric modelling for damages assessment and counterfactual analysis, and an MSc with distinction from the University of Southampton. He has worked at Deloitte, Ernst & Young and HP Consulting, and is a member of the UK Stata Conference Scientific Committee. His expertise in cost efficiency modelling for regulated industries is directly

After seven years as a member of the Civil Aviation Authority's Consumer Panel, my appointment came to an end in March 2026. The Consumer Panel is an independent body that acts as a critical friend to the CAA, advising on matters affecting aviation consumers. Its work spans airline insolvency and passenger rights, airport economic regulation, accessibility, and the development of price control frameworks for Heathrow and NATS. The breadth is wider than it might sound - over s