
Dominic Raab: I want a fairer Britain, and a more democratic Conservative Party
By reforming our Party to grow and become more engaged with its members, we will become an even stronger force for good.
Dominic Raab is the Member of Parliament for Esher & Walton
By reforming our Party to grow and become more engaged with its members, we will become an even stronger force for good.
The EU’s draft document suggests broad agreement on most of what we want. And the three bones of contention are surmountable.
The committee of which I’m a member recommends that the Government unilaterally commit to safeguard their rights. But this amendment does nothing to help.
The first piece in our mini-series on reducing the deficit explores ideas from addressing ‘grey welfare’ to closing Whitehall departments.
If we want a competitive economy and fair taxation, we need to simplify the tax code – not give HMRC arbitrary powers which invite abuse.
Quietly, public support for getting on with delivering Leave will continue to swell.
Brexit would mean lower regulatory costs and greater opportunities for free trade on top of retaining a strong trading relationship with the EU.
The only vision of the fair society that strengthens, rather than saps, our economic competitiveness is the meritocratic kind that boosts social mobility.
After all, the Greens could be in power with Labour within a few weeks. So it’s time for Conservatives to confront the threat that they pose.
For all the understandable zeal about pursuing big business, not enough has been done to check HMRC’s abuse of ordinary working people.
A double-talking, flip-flopping, party of spendthrifts will aggravate – not salve – public mistrust of the political class.
Reforming strike laws would give power back to ordinary, moderate union members.
That’s to say, we need proper open primaries, a robust right of recall, fewer MPs and Ministers – and the Commons controlling its own business.
The Chancellor should make it plain today that high government spending and taxes threaten our prosperity. Here’s my three-stage plan for recovery.