The former Immigration Minister contends that the Government should instead require employers and universities to equip British workers.
The time we added the most homes was in the 1920s and 1930s, when we built at a higher rate than household formation – and prices and rents barely moved.
According to YouGov, the Party commands a plurality of voters only among the over 70s. As far as voting intention is concerned, the Conservative Party is literally dying on its feet.
This obscure but vital body enables Tory MPs to wield decisive power.
If a mainstream candidate is needed, when next the Conservative leadership is contested, in order to stop some more ideological figure such as Kemi Badenoch, it is just possible that Cleverly might fit the bill.
Dowden, standing in for Sunak, did not dare to be dull by telling us what this Government is for.
One might see this not as an aim to replace current fiscal prudence, but to ensure a greater focus on where public expenditure takes place. It’s more than a balance sheet or accounting exercise.
Just as after World War Two, lockdown has hugely expanded the public’s expectations of the state – but hammered our ability to pay for it.
Thirty-four years ago, on 3rd April 1989, Edward Drewett Martell, a key figure in the post-war revival of the fortunes of both the Liberal and Conservative parties, died.
Mark Vickers writes in a sober, unsensational style, yet produces something surprising or even bizarre on almost every page.
Rather than an ideological approach, these four ideals – pragmatism, stewardship, One Nation and empowerment – should be the foundations of Conservative economic policy.
The Chancellor may have reassured the markets by daring to be dull, but did nothing to raise the spirits of Conservatives.
The Blackpool conference saw various candidates make their case, and an unlikely new leader emerge.
The Prime Minister’s manner was playful, as if no one need take too seriously what happened to him last night.
For all the thunderous blow-back that is undoubtedly coming, Hamas has already got what it wanted, both domestically and strategically.