Cameron and Miliband tussle over living standards – not for the first time, and certainly not for the last
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter If you were hoping for something new from today’s PMQs exchange between David Cameron and… Read more »
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Peter Hoskin joined ConservativeHome as an Associate Editor in July 2012. Previously, he was at The Spectator for over four years, where he edited the magazine's website and its political blog Coffee House. He has written, and continues to write, on poltics and culture for a range of publications, including The Spectator, The Times, The Daily Beast and Tatler.
Follow @The draft Royal Charter on press regulation, unveiled
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter So here it is: the draft Royal Charter by which David Cameron hopes to avoid… Read more »
George Osborne is becoming a locus for Tory discontent – the party leadership should be wary
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter One of the most important leitmotifs of this Parliament has been the shift in attitudes… Read more »
Candidates are now being selected for Cardiff North, Corby, Hazel Grove and Solihull
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The party has announced that it's now selecting candidates for four more seats. They are:… Read more »
Candidates selected for Hampstead & Kilburn and Gower
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Two more candidates have been chosen for the 2015 election. The first, Simon Marcus for… Read more »
Dean Godson is the new Director of Policy Exchange
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter I'm told that Godson was appointed by Policy Exchange yesterday afternoon. He is at present… Read more »
IDS is working to tackle real poverty, not just Gordon Brown’s idea of it
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter What’s in a definition? An awful lot, particularly when it comes to child poverty in… Read more »
Candidates selected for the two target seats of Cheltenham and St Austell & Newquay
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Two more Tory candidates have been selected for 2015. They are Alex Chalk and Stephen… Read more »
Miliband targets Osborne (and Osborne’s fiscal policy, natch) in PMQs
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Watching the exchange between David Cameron and Ed Miliband in PMQs today, you’d be forgiven… Read more »
The Coalition risks breakdown if it doesn’t unite around some new big ideas
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter I’m afraid this is one of those mornings for taking stock of the Coalition. If… Read more »
Nick Boles MP and affordable housing #LittleGuyConservatism 2/6
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter “The government is on track to preside over the lowest level of house-building since the… Read more »
GDP shrank by 0.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2012
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Flat. That's how George Osborne is probably feeling this morning, and it also happens to… Read more »
Fraser Nelson is right – the Tories should stop saying that they’re paying down Britain’s debts
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter You might have expected last night’s Conservative Party broadcast to do one of two things:… Read more »
Has Polly Toynbee actually read what Tim Montgomerie writes?
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Paul Goodman recently wondered if Jonathan Freedland reads ConservativeHome before writing about us. Now we… Read more »
Ed Miliband issues the Anti People’s Pledge in PMQs
If any line abides from today’s session of PMQs, it will be one said by Ed Miliband. “My position is no,” quivered… Read more »