Returns agreements arguably have a bigger role to play; speedier processing is also part of the answer. But to pretend that deterrence plays no part in people’s calculations is silly.
Thanks to our innovative approach, tens of thousands of West Midlands people are being handed the keys to their own properties. Housing targets have played a valuable part in making that happen – by galvanising us to work together and deliver on a regional level.
Facing decades behind bars, rather than a few short years, is a significant part of making it impossible for county lines to function.
Pumping yet more money without reform into failing organisations is likely to continue to disappoint.
I hope the British public get an answer. Because these are highly consequential decisions about the future shape of the state. £28 billion is £4 billion more than the annual Home Office budget.
Voters believe four of the Government’s five key pledges are more likely to happen under Labour than the Conservatives. Meanwhile, 2019 Tory voters prioritise spending on public services over tax cuts,
Sir Keir will have to work hard to keep his party on the right side of the line. Which will require withdrawing the whip from any Labour MPs who support attacks on our troops.
Again, it is undecided voters who are more hawkish on immigration. The issue’s high salience with swing voters is why it will be an important battleground in the next election.
The government in Cardiff is the living proof of what Labour in power looks like. Don’t just take my word for it – it was Starmer who said that.
British Future has been able to project the demographics of the next parliament by putting together retirement patterns and current candidate selection data with the likely electoral map given different election results.
Is teacher-supervised brushing for three to five-year-olds any more absurd than banning anyone born after 2009 from ever legally buying a cigarette?
The Conservative Party has become far more dependent on older, blue-collar, non-London, non-graduate, pro-Brexit, anti-immigration, and culturally conservative voters to both hold and retain political power – and this remains true today.
Developing our remaining reserves creates employment opportunities and generates much-needed tax revenues as we transition to alternatives.
Picture a triennial month-long regulation symposium, drawing on industry, consumer groups and political representation proportionate to seats in the Commons.
In the previous five elections, the size of the shift in the polling gap between election day and six months before has been between six per cent and 12 per cent towards the Conservatives.