“Britain’s hard work has paid off,” the Chancellor told the Commons.
The financial crisis, Brown, Osborne and then the EU and Scottish referendums did not cover the discipline in glory.
“If we fail to address the very real areas in which the capitalist system is failing – a long period of left-wing, socialist government is surely on its way.”
William Keegan’s memoir describes with ebullient good humour how he covered half a century of bad news.
Making Britain better post-Brexit will mean tough decisions about priorities. And that requires the Conservatives to know who their people are.
There is a fundamental human need and desire to know more about the universe, to engage with it, to play our part and explore and achieve.
Various Leavers – and the head of the Remain campaign – predicted such an outcome. Now it seems we’re seeing it happen.
In the first article of a new mini-series, the economist urges the Chancellor to deploy the savings and revenues secured by leaving the EU.
It was darkly funny to see Labour MPs claiming that nationalisation could fix signals failures when track infrastructure is owned and controlled by the state.
Even the Labour Party itself seems aware that the Shadow Chancellor is visibly more wily than his leader.
The Shadow Chancellor praises Corbyn’s “dignity” in the face of “vilification” by the media.
Rather than wasting time with forays into positive discrimination, the Conservatives should weight the merits of various forms of increased flexibility at work.
It is little wonder that young people are turning away from the Right when they find it so difficult to make their way in the world.
Marr quizzed him about Hammond’s predictions regarding Brexit costs.
Government should be passionate about self-reliance, but we must also recognise the transformative power of an enabling state.