We will be told that Conservatives want other groups to bear the brunt of cuts in public spending whilst protecting Tory voters. It is hard both to be an advocate of a small state and of the Triple Lock.
Plenty of NHS Trusts also find such flexibility beneficial. What would be the cost (in lives as well as money) if a Labour Government disrupted them from continuing?
Labour don’t have a plan for our iconic dockyard – or our country. Both locally and nationally, their only strategy is to dine out on public opinion, rather than to offer a positive vision. People in Plymouth are waking up to this.
The suspended MP has announced he has tendered his resignation after “the honour of a lifetime” in representing Blackpool South.
There ought to be a unique and strong centre-right case for celebrating wealth – specifically, acquiring it and ensuring more people from modest incomes can access and benefit from it.
The Government needs to expand the BNO visa pathway, move Hong Kong students off the exorbitant international student fees regime, and keep up sanctions on Beijing.
Taking action against low-value courses (and indeed institutions) means admitting that some (likely an increasing proportion) of existing graduates, paying through the nose for having been to university, were mis-sold an aspirational illusion.
Their campaign was still in full flow during the brief period that I was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I was not persuaded by their arguments then and I am not persuaded now.
If Labour get into power, we can bet teaching unions will be resurgent, filling the void where education policies should be with demands that our schools do what they want, rather than what children and parents need.
Most people increasingly think that the ‘big road’ approach to city design was wrong – and undermining, not just of urban beauty, but of our health and prosperity as well. Gentle density allows for more housing.
On current trends, the next election poses the greatest threat to the Conservative Party’s continued existence in its history. Can we imagine politics with under 50 Tory MPs?
ConservativeHome’s round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week.
With the publication on Wednesday of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, it is timely that we have launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Responsible Vaping.
Our forebears worked hard to place us in our privileged place in today’s world. But we inherited that position without having to work for it, and now we’re far more interested in spending and consuming our wealth than in earning it.