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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sponsored Post: David Burrowes: Sunday is still worth keeping special
The relaxation of Sunday Trading laws is both unwanted and unnecessary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
David Burrowes MP: Immigration detention should no longer be out of sight and out of mind
The current system fails taxpayers and detainees alike.
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.
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.
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”.