Depends on the techies. Someone coding or configuring a system should absolutely know the business requirement.
Edit: I agree that he is a patsy though.
Part of his job should be to understand 'why' though as that will influence the solution. Maybe part of the issue here is that the system was being changed without understanding 'why' and having unintended consequences as a result. Any good system designer/engineer will know the business reasons...
If he doesn't do this, particularly if he has a huge majority, then that will be a massive missed opportunity on his part imo. Re-joining the single market in some form is such an obvious aid to growth it really should be a no-brainer, even if it will upset a few people.
Isn't ducking "addressing stark choices over public financing in their manifestoes" a wheeze then? A "conspiracy of silence" doesn't sound like grown up government to me.
The UK's main political parties have “ducked” addressing stark choices over public finances in their manifestos and it will be a "considerable surprise" if taxes are not increased over the next five years, a leading think tank has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused Labour...