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.
It is a mark of his leadership that public confidence in the Metropolitan Police has increased by 8 per cent.
A key question is whether we want their entry into Europe to be controlled by governments or by gangs of people smugglers.
The relaxation of Sunday Trading laws is both unwanted and unnecessary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The current system fails taxpayers and detainees alike.
On a recent visit I met the people dedicating their lives to making their country free and democratic.
Ministers should refer the cases to the police. I and a number of other MPs feel duty-bound to do so.
As Tim Montgomerie said, “compassionate conservatives must be the agents of rescue – not just for indebted or sick economies, but for broken people too”.
The Government is not only for the JAMs (Just About Managing), but now also apparently for the NAAMs (Not At All Managing).