“Our political system is too focused on short-term advantage, not long-term success,” declared the Prime Minister. “Our mission is to fundamentally change our country.”
Sunak adds that “it is right to focus on levelling up across the country, with a long term plan for our towns.”
His measured communications approach is superior to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s tendency towards needless provocation without any commitment to structural reform. But that reform must happen, regardless of how unpopular it may be.
Getting inflation under control is key to avoiding a return to a culture of militancy.
He is still viable with the public if he is constantly compared to Starmer as the alternative.
It is also clear that Rishi Sunak is positioning himself to be able to take over as PM.
We cannot be the tax cutters we were in the 1980s because we are now an older country than we were then.
With petrol at an all-time high and energy bill rising, among other cost-of-living issues, is it any wonder the public are losing faith?
The pandemic has destroyed the idea that macroeconomic problems can be solved by throwing more stimulus at things.
It will, for one, open the door to numerous other interest groups, who will demand for such a policy to be maintained or used again in the future.
The Chancellor’s team reportedly wants to cut it from 20 per cent to 19 per cent in 2023. Here’s why that wouldn’t be a good idea.
The Government’s plans include introducing scorecards, as well as raising the victim surcharge offenders pay as part of their sentence.
Today the Dormant Assets Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons. It offers imaginative proposals for ministers.
Policymakers should be asking themselves whose quality of life worsens thanks to the current unplanned mess.
Figures released by the TaxPayers’ Alliance show that average household can already expect to pay over £1.1 million in tax over their lifetimes.