Tony Baldry MP on food banks: “We need to tackle the root causes of food poverty.”
A comprehensive speech on food banks, food, poverty, church work, demand, benefits & self and community help in full.
Sajid Javid MP: UK aid is securing a brighter future for the world’s children
Rather than the outdated idea of aid as a handout, we should treat it as an investment.
James Wharton is Party members’ Politician of the Year in our Christmas survey
(Could there be a connection with his EU referendum bill?)
A Church which the world regards as weak can still tell the Christmas story
Declining membership does not mean Christianity in this country has lost its role.
David Burrowes MP: WWWD – What would Wilberforce do?
As Tim Montgomerie said, “compassionate conservatives must be the agents of rescue – not just for indebted or sick economies, but for broken people too”.
Garvan Walshe: Despite a new boycott of Israeli academia and a bomb on a Tel Aviv bus, there are signs of hope in the Middle East.
Mahmoud Abbas understands that a serious outbreak of terrorism would ruin his chances of negotiating a Palestinian State.
Safe seats don’t get offered on a platter – to Karren Brady or anyone else
If I were her, I would be quite annoyed by today’s coverage.
David Shiels: The baby who may visit Australia could one day be its King
Tony Abbott, like Stephen Harper and John Key, is a convinced monarchist – and support for the institution in the countries they govern is stronger than many believe.
Michael Gove is Party members’ Minister of the Year in our Christmas survey
Why is the Chancellor second…while his ratings as a future leader languish at five per cent?
Charlotte Leslie: A question for politicians, and each of us. What is it for which you are prepared to die?
The Someone whose birth we celebrate at this time of year became a man who chose to die for Something
For the first time, Theresa May tops our poll as Party members’ favourite to be next Tory leader
She pips Boris at the post by a whisker this month.
George Freeman MP: How social conservatives and liberals can build a progressive alliance
Both can embrace true economic modernisation – and show in 2015 that the Tories herald the future, Labour the past.
Paul Goodman: “The Desolation of Smaug” – Peter Jackson’s dragon sickness
Culture Column Special: Is the Hobbit film series lost in the quest for gold?
Lord Ashcroft: When the Chief of the Defence Staff gives a blunt warning about our Armed Forces, we should all listen carefully
General Houghton is not prone to idle threats, and we should all listen carefully to what he has to say.
Iain Dale: A lousy Christmas to you, Daily Mirror. And a rotten New Year.
Its editor constantly calls David Cameron a public school toff in his rag of a paper. Mr Embley, it turns out, was educated at Malvern.