How did we arrive at the point where Conservative ministers – who are now speaking up – are being forced to mount a rearguard action against our own public sector organisations?
More Ministers need to talk to the public bodies that report through them and hold them accountable for their budgets and actions. Too many of them let us down.
On the doorstep, one lady recently proclaimed; ‘I won’t vote for anyone that sends people to Rwanda’. However, she was just as passionate about that broken pavement slab in front of her house, and that noisy pothole that keeps her husband up at night.
It has world-leading expertise in many areas covered by the deal’s Pillar 2 such as artificial intelligence, counter-hypersonic missile technology, underwater drones and offensive cyber.
The Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives gave his thoughts to TalkTV after the SNP leader announced his resignation.
Brady ‘says members shouldn’t be able to pick the leader when the party is in power’ | Crackdown on graduate visa ‘being used as back door for asylum’ | Sunak slaps down Ireland’s plan to send Rwanda-bound migrants back to Britain | …but Home Office has ‘lost contact’ with thousands set for flights
The departure of Humza Yousaf provides an opportunity to reflect on the United Kingdom’s confusing administrative geography, and how a future unionist government might hope to reform it.
Starmer’s promises change are superficial; the underlying Labour message is that the foreseeable future won’t be so very different from the recent past. But there can be no Conservative alternative without a change in prime minister.
Khan has failed to deliver on his promise of a city-wide study on stop and search. Instead, despite the majority of people supporting the strategy, use has fallen over the past five years.
The whole strategy is to disguise these beliefs. It is undeniably a cowardly and cynical approach to local politics. But that does not mean it will not be effective.
A more transparent system, with an honest appraisal of the benefits and the costs, would be the first step to a regulatory system that actually works for Britain.
The SNP leader resigns, triggering a leadership election, following his ending of his party’s deal with the Greens.
By offering 16-year-olds either the ‘ABS’ or the ‘ABS occupational’ route, we are maintaining the siloed, twin-track system we have currently, risking that all-important parity we have worked so hard to build.
The renaissance of places like Dudley demands great skills and single-minded determination. As Mayor, he has proven he has both.