Jeremy Hunt – the man with a plan
The Health Secretary’s target-scrapping deal with the doctors aims to improve care and relax A & E pressures – through a new regime of autonomy, inspection and transparency.
Over 50 MPs have served in the armed forces. Here are more than 30 of them together.
They gathered, wearing their regimental or service ties, ahead of the Remembrance Sunday commemorations.
Heresy of the week: The Conservative Party should be pro-defence, but anti-war
You can’t have an interventionist foreign policy without a strong defence position. That’s not true, however, the other way round.
Help to Buy is immoral because it encourages ordinary people to risk ruin
No wonder Tory backbenchers have nicknamed this disreputable ploy Help to Vote.
Kate Maltby: The memory of Kristallnacht should alert us to the perils of indifference
This past weekend was Remembrance Sunday. But it was also the 75th anniversary of the night of organised violence which saw 30,000 Jews sent to concentration camps.
Homes are not being demolished due to spare room subsidy cut
The Observer’s story was widely followed up. The problem is that it was untrue,
Now we know how many members the Conservative Party has, work begins to rebuild the machine
Grant Shapps starts a new drive for more members, better data and a renewed grassroots.
Dominique Lazanski: “Net neutrality” is just another name for Government meddling in the internet
Allowing companies to offer different services for different prices is key to developing the digital revolution.
Conservatism must be about both statistics and people, competence and compassion
Cameron is right to personalise his message – but he should combine it with mastery of the numbers.
Garvan Walshe: For leadership on Iran, look to France, not Britain.
Paris is right to insist that an interim deal not allow Iran to fuel its heavy water reactor at Arak.
Lord Ashcroft: Twenty minutes of Miliband
A gamble on TV debates may yet help Labour. But the Labour leader’s eagerness to hold them is not a signal of confidence. It’s the opposite.
Peter Saunders: Wrong, Sir John. Social mobility is the norm in Britain, not the exception.
Politicians refuse to acknowledge that, in a meritocratic society, average ability levels will come to differ between children born into different social classes.
Boris is meeting the housing challenge
It is complete nonsense to say that the space standards introduced by the Mayor prevents houses being built.
Boon or bubble: What do the numbers tell us about Help to Buy?
A large chunk of the policy’s budget is going on the South East, and those who already own houses.
The Conservatives’ real class problem
It isn’t social class, but political class. And by the way, the grip of Eton and the public schools on the Tories is getting weaker, not stronger.