Reflecting people’s gripes back at them will take you only so far. To get further, you must also offer something better.
The Chief Whip was speaking at the launch event of Tim Montgomerie’s Good Right project. His speech should be read and remembered.
Here is our simple, positive, Conservative message on jobs – for when you are knocking on doors in the weeks ahead.
Yesterday’s employment figures confirmed a new balance in our labour market.
A clear plan. A strong retail offer. The right direction. A vision for the country. Labour’s strategic failure. And let’s not forget…Ed Miliband.
I am critical of some measures which the Government has taken to accommodate some of Labour’s class warfare propaganda.
The economy’s doing well, but productivity levels are still to recover from the recession. Should we care?
As Milton Friedman once quipped, we could increase employment by making those working on government construction projects use spoons instead of shovels.
Historically, our greatest weakness has been to place far too much confidence in government and demonstrate too little confidence in ourselves.
A living wage is a well-meaning idea, but it’s also deeply problematic. Far better to sort out the tax and benefits system first.
The Prime Minister also promises “the toughest possible welfare controls on people coming from the EU”.
Evidence shows that it is in the financial interests of businesses to improve their treatment of workers with care responsibilities.
Three of his priorities are jobs, housing and retirement. Our three are homes, jobs and savings.
Large numbers of unemployed clamaints remain on benefits because they are too choosy in the jobs they are willing to do.
Here in Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland, we have a strong message, the right conditions for it, and the right people to spread it.