Ed Miliband goes out of his way to defend universal benefits
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Standing in for the recovering Andrew Marr, James Landale managed to extract several noteworthy lines… Read more »
Posts by Peter Hoskin
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 @David Cameron’s intervention in Mali has shades of Libya and Afghanistan
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter It didn’t take long for David Cameron to offer British assistance to the French forces… Read more »
The Osborne Ultimatum
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Yesterday we had the Balls Ultimatum; now his Conservative counterpart, George Osborne, has an ultimatum… Read more »
The Government claims it isn’t thinking about cutting pensioner perks — but it should be
Perhaps the most intriguing political story in today’s papers is this one in the Sun. It says that ministers are “drawing up… Read more »
Jeremy Heywood considered the possibility of a Plebgate conspiracy, but left it at that
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter On the whole, Tory MPs don’t have much love for Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary…. Read more »
David Cameron should learn from Nick Clegg — and speak more directly to the public
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter If they tuned in, what might the Tory leadership have learnt from the first of… Read more »
The Balls Ultimatum
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Tension between the Labour leader and the man he’s put in charge of his party’s… Read more »
Will Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham break (organic, non-fattening, nutritionally-balanced) bread together?
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter I was going to write a LeftWatch post about Andy Burnham’s new crusade against unhealthy… Read more »
The Centre for Social Justice warns that the Government’s child benefit plans are “another blow to marriage”
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter With the Government’s “High Income Child Benefit charge” coming into effect on Monday, the past… Read more »
Chris Grayling is right to raise one of the key elements in the EU debate — doubt
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter This morning’s edition of the Telegraph contains an interview with Chris Grayling, from which a… Read more »
Three problems with Ed Balls’s new welfare proposal
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Ed Balls’s article for PoliticsHome is a grand piece of political positioning. Labour have already… Read more »
David Cameron’s new, tougher love for the NHS
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Back in the days before the Coalition, there was always a sense that David Cameron’s… Read more »
The Scrap of the Year was between the parliamentary party and the Tory leadership — on multiple fronts
Kapow! It’s time for the Scrap of the Year award, as voted for by ConHome readers in our end-of-year survey. In the… Read more »
The benefits cap is your Policy of 2012
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Time for the the fifth result from our end-of year readers’ survey: those for Policy… Read more »
In a letter to Theresa May, Dominic Raab MP sets out Tory backbenchers’ concerns about the Communications Data Bill
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter We already knew that the Government is redrafting the Communications Data Bill after opposition to… Read more »