© David Cameron, 28th March 2008
There’s been a lot of criticism of David Cameron recently but this extract of a speech that he gave more… Read more »
Brown’s Britain behaved less responsibly than Bush’s America, says George Osborne
George Osborne has written for today’s London Evening Standard (not yet online). Here are the key quotes: This taxpayer-funded bailout… Read more »
Parris and Heffer urge Conservatives to keep their distance from Brown during financial crisis
In The Times, Matthew Parris warns that the Conservatives must "block their ears" to calls for cross-party support over the… Read more »
Chris Grayling to look at cutting employee red tape
Chris Grayling, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, has told the human resources trade magazine Personnel Today that the Conservatives… Read more »
Five things we need to hear from the Conservatives
A number of commentators in this morning’s newspapers see evidence of a "traumatised" and ideologically-confused Conservative Party… Peter Oborne in… Read more »
Is this the best use of £50bn?
We would like to draw readers’ attention to a CentreRight post by Andrew Lilico on Monday. This was Andrew’s key… Read more »
George Osborne says £50bn recapitalisation is “right thing to do”
Just speaking on the Today programme the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said (not verbatim): The recapitalisation is the right thing… Read more »
Is it time for the Conservatives to propose radical action to avoid a serious recession?
The FT today reports a shift towards greater interventionism from the Conservative frontbench. It notes George Osborne’s support for restrictions… Read more »
David Cameron: Britain needs change, not experience
These key extracts from David Cameron’s speech has been pre-released: “If we win, we will inherit a huge deficit and… Read more »
David Cameron makes emergency statement to Conference
Highlights, not verbatim: 11.06: We are seeing a difficult end to the decade of debt. 11.07: Tomorrow in my speech… Read more »
Verdict on George Osborne’s speech
We billed it as the most important speech of the week. The tone was right. The delivery excellent. The council… Read more »
George Osborne speech
From inside the conference hall via an iPhone: 1200: The speech may well include another big announcement. Our guess: something… Read more »
Tories promise 45 minute rail link to Birmingham (but not until 2027)
The Conservatives will not build a third runway at Heathrow airport – so cutting 66,000 flights a year – but… Read more »
David Cameron promises to impose spending “straightjacket” on Tory government
On Andrew Marr’s Sunday programme David Cameron discussed the Conservative commitment to establish a new Office of Budget Responsibility. The… Read more »
New powers for Bank of England will be central to Tory economic proposals
On Monday, George Osborne is set to announce details of Conservative economic proposals, geared towards resolving current difficulties. Today, a… Read more »