DFID managed its portfolio with far greater efficiency than the Foreign Office. But it should improve how it aligns traditional aid objectives with Britain’s goals.
We may need to move towards a mandatory minimum sentence to send a clearer message.
Good quality office space is far cheaper in Birmingham than London, and the quality of life is higher. The West Midlands is full of battleground parliamentary seats.
We must not put public money into the pockets of a company accused of abetting the most egregious human rights abuses in the modern world.
The co-Chair of the Government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission wraps up our mini-series on housing.
Security needs to become a responsibility of the nation, not just government’s professional forces.
Applying the principles of prevention, treatment and recovery could deliver results. This could be a real legacy.
In the second piece in our mini-series, the Chair of Homes for the North argues that driving public investment in housing towards the South East is not sustainable.
The 2021 Senedd elections are an historic opportunity. Our mission is to devolve as much power as possible to communities – from Cardiff Bay as well as Westminster.
Housing played a small role in the 2019 election, but the first piece in a new mini-series notes that home ownership is the key driver of voter behaviour.
We republish a personal Tory manifesto first published by this site almost exactly five years ago.
The blunt reality is that China is a cyber risk and will remain so for years. It has a dreadful reputation for cyber attacks and intellectual property theft.
Furthermore, further education (FE) is another pressing concern for new Tory voters.
The word has not gained the same currency as ‘antisemitism’ because its original one was fundamentally flawed, and subsequent iterations inadequate.
If we really are becoming the Party of Blue Collar Conservatives, our Party must become the change that we want to see.