An uneasy, flawed policy - young players, usually from abroad, often with a chequered history - has now blossomed into calamity.

Households and businesses are paying too much for their energy because of years of flawed policies, an independent report commissioned by the government has found.

There cannot be many more troubling symptoms of a bloated state than civil servants producing eye-catching but flawed policies destined only for the filing cabinet or the bin.

Governments with undefined or ambiguous stances toward immigration may propagate unintended consequences, and the reliance on flawed policies can further reduce the efficacy of institutional measures.