Tim Loughton is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham, and was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families from 2010 until 2012. Follow Tim on Twitter. Are you or have you ever been a homophobe seems to have become the new McCarthyism of our age? Given the urgency and frenzy of the lobby […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter With the Budget less than a couple of weeks away, I thought it would be a good time to collect some of the recommendations being put to George Osborne by Tory parliamentarians. Of course, the parliamentarians listed below may want other measures too – and there may be other parliamentarians […]
Tim Loughton is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham, and was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families from 2010 until 2012. Follow Tim on Twitter. Inevitably, this week’s headlines have been dominated by the controversial vote over gay marriage the media’s delight at being able to trot out the usual hackneyed clichés […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The four in question, as above, were Peter Luff, Tim Loughton, Cheryl Gillan and Nick Herbert. My report on their views of how British government now works – and to what degree it requires overhauling – can be read on the Conservative Intelligence website.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to constituents indicating their opposition to gay marriage proposals. The Mail says "Their opposition has been expressed in letters and emails sent to constituents who have contacted them with their own concerns", and points out that […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Fifteen Conservative MPs have written to The Telegraph this morning, urging the Tory leadership to introduce a tax allowance for married couples. They write: "The Coalition Agreement commits the Government to bring forward “budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples,” while allowing the Liberal Democrats to […]
Tim Loughton is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham, and was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families from 2010 until 2012. Follow Tim on Twitter. Dear Prime Minister, I am writing further to the statement by the Home Secretary earlier this week on the inquiry into the investigations around the North […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter I published some photographs of Tory MPs – including the Prime Minister – enjoying the Jubilee celebrations on Sunday. Here are some more. They involve a lot of cake and quite a bit of rain. First up is Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt. No doubt enjoying the break from the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter Yesterday in the House of Commons, Parilamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education Tim Loughton spoke of the need for children exposed to domestic violence to receive "well targeted support from a range of agencies". Loughton said that "prolonged or regular exposure to domestic violence" was "likely to have a serious impact […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Lists of how Conservative MPs vote on "moral" issues have a perennial fascination (since they tend to divide more evenly than Labour ones.) Some vote for reasons of principle alone; others, particularly senior ones, want to show a bit of ankle to the party's right or the liberal media […]
Tim Loughton is the Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham, and was Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families from 2010 until 2012. Follow Tim on Twitter. David Burrowes set out the stall for those of us who have opposed the Same Sex Marriage Bill in his excellent piece for Conservative Home on Monday. […]