Today, King Charles III read out the King’s Speech, which describes the Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead. The House of Lords briefing published on 1 November 2023 raised the possibility that the Government might revive their plans to bring back imperial units. It came as a huge sigh of relief to metrication campaigners, including UKMA, that there were no references to weights and measures in the King’s Speech. They were also absent from the Prime Minister’s briefing on the King’s Speech. So, what can we expect from the Government on future measurement policy?
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DfT has done no cost-benefit analysis on metrication of road signs
Ronnie Cohen draws some conclusions from a recent Freedom of Information (FoI) request that he made to the UK Department for Transport (DfT).
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Metrication not an issue in EU referendum
Many issues have been raised in the referendum campaign. The UK measurement muddle has not been one of them. Ronnie Cohen comments on the campaign so far.
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