What is the point of giving power to local education authorities, academy trusts, and school governors of the Secretary of State is held responsible for every ill-maintained roof?
At the moment the Government takes the blame as the ultimate boss, whilst lacking many of the powers to put things right owing to the doctrine of independence.
Both the wish to improve education and to offer more help to families require more public spending, not less. Such proposals only make sense if government is willing to be tougher in other areas.
Government can use research grants, low business taxes and pro-innovation policies to resolve the difficulties. It makes little sense to plough on with taxes and bans.
Ministers need to drive up public-sector productivity via something-for-something pay deals, and support a supply-side revolution through non-inflationary tax cuts.
Too many MPs and civil servants have fought to prevent the UK doing things differently, seeking to keep us tied to the EU whatever the costs.
Review Net Zero interventions, cut immigration; freeze Civil Service recruitment, reduce railway subsidies – and tell the Bank of England to stop selling bonds at a loss.
The enthusiasm of some of my colleagues for ever greater state involvement in crucial industries is a gift to Labour.
What is the future for applying artificial intelligence in everything from health to education, where it could assist valued professionals with diagnosis, prescribing and tutoring?
The Government needs to cut taxes and do more to support domestic producers, not strangle the economy to master inflation.
The danger of the Government’s policy is it will be better at destroying the existing motor industry than at building the new one that Ministers want.
Ministers must make a priority of controlling our borders and stimulating growth with a tax-cutting, pro-enterprise agenda.
The former chancellor understood that the best way to kick-start growth – and increase revenues – was giving individuals and companies the incentives to invest.
Like the SNP, the EU are often an overtly hostile negotiating partner. They will take whatever ground he gives up and come back for more.
It exercises its independence selectively, and losses can generate a huge bill for taxpayers with no oversight from ministers.