John Glen: How – and why – the Government is protecting consumers of high-cost credit
Building appropriate safeguards for the vulnerable is an essential part of defending capitalism in the 21st Century.
John Glen: How the Government is cracking down on loan sharks
As Conservatives, we have a duty to protect and defend people who have historically been left without access to legal credit.
John Glen: Our ban on credit and debit card surcharging comes in today
The crucial point is that consumers will be fully informed of how much something will cost before they get to the very end of the checkout process.
John Glen: Grammar Schools. If you back streaming within schools, why oppose streaming between them?
Their opponents often deploy arguments that are simply out of date.
John Glen: We need more local innovation to help deliver social justice
What is needed is smarter budgeting – that uses evidence on what works to establish quantifiable future savings.
Food banks are learning to address the reasons why people go hungry
We are making progress by working out how to build fences at the top of cliffs, instead of just sending ambulances when people fall.
John Glen: The Government must not be distracted from delivering Universal Credit
The policy is likely to be the most important legacy of a Conservative welfare agenda. We must stay the course.
John Glen MP: There is more to poverty than economics
Britain’s deprivation measures have failed to account for the many dimensions of poverty, and our Government is right to redress this imbalance.
John Glen MP: Stable family and good relationships are at the heart of social justice
For too long the left has laid a false claim to be on the side of the poor and vulnerable. We must move into that territory.
John Glen MP: Cameron’s NHS speech joins the battle for public hearts
We must not shrink from the opportunity posed by majority government to reclaim the mantles of compassion and social justice from the left.
John Glen MP: How to make food banks even more effective
Our principal recommendation is to establish a new body to provide better co-ordination amongst civil society, Government departments and supermarkets.
John Glen MP: We need more devolution, but it must be done properly
Instead of a careless English nationalism that demands a new Assembly, let’s think carefully about allocating money around the United Kingdom.
John Glen MP: It’s time to take party politics out of the food bank debate
Too often, the discussion has drifted towards two polarised political arguments, and a discussion about other factors is squeezed out as a result.
John Glen MP: Recruiting under-18s to the Armed Forces isn’t good for them or taxpayers
There are alternatives that would offer a better route to a forces career and better value for money.