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David Burrowes MP

Posts by David Burrowes MP

David Burrowes is Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate.

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David Burrowes: Finally, a long-term social justice plan from Ministers – but note the missing M-word: marriage

The Government is not only for the JAMs (Just About Managing), but now also apparently for the NAAMs (Not At All Managing).

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 5 April 2017 at 6:20 am | 8 comments

David Burrowes: A chance for May to show compassion for child refugees

We must speed up family reunion, implement the Dubs amendment with integrity – and work towards ending child detention on the continent.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 16 September 2016 at 6:40 am | 44 comments

David Burrowes: We’ve all heard of the long-term economic plan. Now let’s have a long-term social justice plan.

I am a strong advocate of a family test. However, I don’t want the focus to be a bureaucratic test but a human one: call it the Lucy Test.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 9 May 2016 at 6:40 am | 6 comments

David Burrowes: Boris’s Legacy 3) Law and order. Youth violence is down and police numbers are up.

It is a mark of his leadership that public confidence in the Metropolitan Police has increased by 8 per cent.

Local Government | By David Burrowes MP | 3 May 2016 at 11:35 am | 9 comments

David Burrowes MP: What the Government needs to get out of the Syrian Refugees Summit

A key question is whether we want their entry into Europe to be controlled by governments or by gangs of people smugglers.

Comment | By David Burrowes MP | 30 March 2016 at 11:00 am | 27 comments

Sponsored Post: David Burrowes: Sunday is still worth keeping special

The relaxation of Sunday Trading laws is both unwanted and unnecessary.

Sponsored | By David Burrowes MP | 4 February 2016 at 10:30 am | 56 comments

David Burrowes MP: Why I want Wednesday’s Spending Review to have families at its heart

We need to be brave enough to publish the results of every Family Test – so that we can learn from what works – and what doesn’t.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 23 November 2015 at 6:45 am | 36 comments

David Burrowes MP: Why Sunday is still worth keeping special

Total trade will not rise if shops are open longer: it will merely be spread to different parts of the week, and so will not add to GDP.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 19 October 2015 at 6:30 am | 48 comments

David Burrowes MP: From Macleod through Spicer to Boris. The continuing story of the Conservative fight against homelessness.

Later today I will be joining with other MPs and with CEOs in a sleep out to raise money for DePaul UK. Do visit my fundraising page.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 12 October 2015 at 6:30 am | 3 comments

David Burrowes MP: It’s time for all of us to de-weaponise welfare

Carer of terminally ill relatives should not be anxious this week about potential cuts to their allowance: they should know that the Conservatives will always be on their side.

Comment | By David Burrowes MP | 7 July 2015 at 2:00 pm | 21 comments

David Burrowes MP: Family policy – the litmus test for Cameron’s One Nation Government

In the second part of ConHome’s series, the author sets out a programme that would breathe life into the Government’s “family test” for policy.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 16 June 2015 at 6:30 am | 41 comments

David Burrowes MP: Immigration detention should no longer be out of sight and out of mind

The current system fails taxpayers and detainees alike.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 3 March 2015 at 6:30 am | 15 comments

David Burrowes MP: I saw hope, scepticism and fear for the future in Burma

On a recent visit I met the people dedicating their lives to making their country free and democratic.

Comment | By David Burrowes MP | 19 November 2014 at 12:00 pm | 5 comments

David Burrowes MP: Prosecutions. An enquiry into the GMC. What must follow the pre-signing abortion scandal.

Ministers should refer the cases to the police. I and a number of other MPs feel duty-bound to do so.

Comment | By David Burrowes MP | 24 April 2014 at 10:30 am | 13 comments

David Burrowes MP: WWWD – What would Wilberforce do?

As Tim Montgomerie said, “compassionate conservatives must be the agents of rescue – not just for indebted or sick economies, but for broken people too”.

Comment, Highlights | By David Burrowes MP | 24 December 2013 at 7:30 am | 99 comments

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