A lower tax burden will be impossible without less supply of government. And for there to be less supply, there must first be less demand.
Austerity and the cost of living are doubtless going to dominate the Government agenda, but the summer gave us a glimpse of what ‘Sunakism’ would look like.
Rather than unleashing growth where there is strong potential for it, the plan seeks to conjure it where conditions are less favourable.
The carnage in the markets is a reminder that she will need all the support from Conservative MPs she can get. That will require handling them with more tact and skill than she has shown so far.
The Government should be more worried about the balance of payments deficit than about the government deficit. We cannot rely on the goodwill of foreigners. We need to start to close the gap and reduce our demands on foreign currency markets.
The first of a series of five articles on ConservativeHome this week about the main challenges that await the new Prime Minister.
In England and Wales the average house cost 3.5 times average earnings in 1997, but 9.1 times earnings last year. In London it’s about 14 times. Prices in England rose 9.4 per cent last year.
Neither candidate is wholly to blame for this impasse; one cannot rise to a political moment which has not come.
Far from protecting our most beautiful landscapes, it lays a noose of industrial farmland around our most productive cities.
The contrast between those blithe campaigns and this appalling landscape is unnerving, and raises profound questions about politicians and truth.
As young people leave and local businesses become unsustainable, communities in Devon are being hollowed out.
A failing health service, people unable to afford meat… and neither candidate seemed prepared for a bold break from the status quo.
The two candidates have less than ten days to bring to the campaign her conviction that sticking with the status quo simply won’t do.
The effect of benefit policy changes on the incomes of working-age adults and children since 2010 has been an average loss of £375 per year compared with a boost to pensioners of £510 per year.
I am concerned about the proposal in the Retained EU Law Bill to remove all EU law from the statute book by the end of 2023, unless departments have brought forward fresh legislation to keep it in force.