Mel Stride MP: Post Newark – how to deal with UKIP

We should point up that UKIP’s electoral appeal to Left and Right is inconsistent and undeliverable – a ‘have your cake and eat it’ brand of politics.

Mel Stride MP: Stagnation or growth – what is the true picture on productivity?

Expect it to rise soon, if it isn’t already.

Mel Stride MP: Labour’s cost of living problem

A series of tactical rather than strategic decisions on the economy have left Miliband and Balls in a bad place.

Mel Stride MP: Why we should be reaching out to the DUP

After the next election, it may be the fourth largest party in the Commons that holds the keys to Number 10.

Mel Stride MP: In most important ways, UKIP’s more like Labour than the Conservatives

Now that UKIP has become a more serious problem for Miliband, our aim should be to stress the points that ensure that it becomes even more so.

Mel Stride MP: How the Government can give more help to SMEs

The new British Business Bank has an important role to play.