Fraser Nelson: Warsi has made Cameron a more activist Christian “It is a Muslim, Ms Warsi, who has done most to confront this attitude – and to start the change now under way. When she became minister of faith, she agreed an agenda with Mr Cameron. The way the Government talks about religion had to […]
Cameron does God ‘Some people feel that in this ever more secular age we shouldn’t talk about these things. I completely disagree. I believe we should be more confident about our status as a Christian country, more ambitious about expanding the role of faith-based organisations, and, frankly, more evangelical about a faith that compels us […]
A good news day for Osborne? Wages set to outstrip prices “George Osborne on Tuesday welcomed a fall in inflation to 1.6 per cent, amid hopes at the Treasury that data to be published on Wednesday will show average earnings are finally rising more quickly than prices. … Consumer price inflation fell from 1.7 per […]
Support for Tories slips after post-Budget bounce “The budget has failed to boost the Conservatives with voters, according to a new Guardian/ICM poll, as the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, says Labour will continue to talk about the cost of living because people are likely to be worse off at the next election than in 2010. […]
NHS 1) Culture change needed to stop another Mid Staffs scandal warn MPs “Millions of people are suffering in silence because they are met with “hostility, defensiveness and denial” by public officials, MPs claim. Britain will face another scandal like Mid Staffs, in which hundreds of patients died needlessly, unless there is a cultural “revolution”, […]
Open at nights and weekends, Cameron tells GPs “The Prime Minister will unveil a £50m “Challenge Fund” package designed to stem anger over the failure of family doctors to provide round-the-clock appointments, with patients forced to book many weeks ahead or to compete with others for an emergency on-the-day consultation. At the heart of the […]
Osborne announces new anti-“tax dodge” measures ‘Britain is to declare war on tax dodging by making it a criminal offence for residents to hide income in tax havens overseas. The tough new measure, announced by George Osborne at a meeting of finance ministers in the U.S., could help recoup some of the £15 billion in personal […]
Nigel Evans cleared of all charges ‘The Crown Prosecution Service’s pursuit of public figures accused of sex offences will result in an innocent man suffering a serious injustice, MPs have warned after Nigel Evans was cleared of all charges…Outside Preston Crown Court, Mr Evans said that he had endured “11 months of hell”. He added: […]
1) Maria Miller: Osborne and Crosby forced her out “David Cameron was forced to sacrifice Maria Miller after the revolt over the handling of her expenses controversy spread to his inner circle. George Osborne, the chancellor, and Lynton Crosby, his election supremo, made clear their anger at the damage being done to the Conservatives by […]
Maria Miller resigns ‘The embattled Culture Secretary Maria Miller has resigned today in an attempt to limit fallout from an expenses scandal that was damaging the Conservative Party. In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Mrs Miller said the controversy over her expenses “has become a distraction from the vital work this government is […]
Ministers wade into the Miller row… “Furious Tories are planning to call for Culture Secretary Maria Miller’s head in a showdown with David Cameron on Wednesday night. … And the first cracks appeared in the Cabinet with Attorney General Dominic Grieve saying his colleague had to ‘answer to her constituents’. … Separately Tory backbencher Nicola […]
Maria Miller scandal moves on to tax-free sale allegations ‘Maria Miller stopped claiming expenses on her “second” home after being asked to sign a declaration confirming that she would pay tax when it was sold, documents show. The Culture Secretary redesignated the London house as her main home with parliamentary authorities after changes to the […]
Miller 1): Poll says the public want her sacked “Culture Secretary Maria Miller should be thrown out of the Cabinet and be forced to give up her Commons seat as punishment for making false expenses claims, according to a Mail on Sunday poll. Voters also want the embattled Minister to be stripped of her role […]
Pressure on Miller switches to her “bullying” of the press.. “The Telegraph has now published details of a recording of a telephone call made by Mrs Miller’s adviser to one of its reporters. In the conversation, the adviser said she wanted to “flag up” that the Culture Secretary was currently involved in discussions over the […]
On the day of Maria Miller’s apology to the Commons, the Government rushes out two policy statements to MPs Commons 1) Ellison prepares to ban branded cigarette packets “Public health minister Jane Ellison said: “Smoking kills nearly 80,000 people each year in England alone and our cancer outcomes stubbornly lag behind much of Europe. Quite […]