We have long believed that those who build wealth in our nation should be able to pass on the fruits of their work to their children and grandchildren.
The Prime Minister appears to have done nothing wrong, though he has mishandled the Blairmore Holdings allegations. Here’s how Downing Street could do better.
The leader of Britain’s Conservative MEPs reports from the European Parliament.
The first element is leadership from the top. The tendency to impugn people’s motives is likely to produce a legacy of embitterment and hostility.
The nub of our case is that the Justice Secretary is well placed to help bring the Government together and drive it forwards.
The New National Living Wage comes into effect today. And over the next seven days, we will deliver tax cuts, help for savers and the single-tier state pension.
It would be a tragedy if our reforming zeal and the important changes we are making became lost in a sea of negative internally-generated noise.
The latest iteration has good bits, some bad bits – and nothing substantial to boost ownership of the Party by its members.
Numbers 10 and 11 say that she attacked Duncan Smith without their approval. They can prove it by removing her as Pensions Minister.
More power and control must be devolved to Cabinet members if we are to see the improvement in the quality of government that is now plainly necessary.
Parliament has left a gap in legislation that the courts and a quango are filling.
It felt more like a pre-election than a post-election one – and was shot through by a sense of the Chancellor’s political mortality.
Spencer Pitfield’s by-election candidacy in Sheffield and my own experience in Leigh help demonstrate that nowhere should be out of bounds for us.