In her belief in “the good that government can do”, she is quite unique in terms of UK political post-war history.
The cost of £100 to the average household energy bill is just an example.
There is much more to politics than an affordable state and competitive taxes. But both will be indispensible for survival, let alone prosperity, after we leave the EU.
And May’s reputation for straightforwardness risks damage from the Budget’s proposals for NICs.
Her actions demonstrate that she truly understands the concerns of ordinary people and the reasons why they voted to leave the EU.
We re-issue the new Brexit Secretary’s essay on economic policy and the EU negotiation, originally published on this site on Monday.
Plus: Leadsom does well. Cameron runs away. No normal person I know is voting Remain. And: for LBC, world affairs. For the BBC, bedwetting.
Only six per cent of UK businesses export to the European Union, but 100 per cent are still required to undertake the cost of compliance.
I have also been horrified to learn that the UK regularly incurs millions of pounds of costs each year in fines.
“During the last Parliament we’ve saved businesses from around ten billion pounds of costs, collectively, in regulation, and I think we can do at least that again.”
He will deliver about a quarter of this year’s spending scaleback. Why not let him co-plan the post-election spending review – and get yet more value for money?
I am critical of some measures which the Government has taken to accommodate some of Labour’s class warfare propaganda.
Plus: Here comes Syriza. The Teflon Greens. Mystic Dale v Nick Clegg. The Political Book Awards. And: There’s no such thing as an illegal war.
A major risk and a priority in the negotiations must be maintaining the EU’s system of financial passporting for British institutions.