Sam Gyimah MP: We are winning the argument on childcare
When tax-free childcare is introduced in autumn 2015, the Government will contribute to 20 per cent of childcare costs – capped at £2000 per child per year.
Lord Ashcroft: Labour’s lead narrows to two points in my latest National Poll
Also: our respondents consider the prospect of another coalition. Tory voters would be happier to see the Greens in government than UKIP.
UKIP’s NHS funding confusion deepens
Within a few minutes of each other, the party’s Deputy Chairman and one of its MPs offered completely conflicting accounts.
Why the Autumn Statement doesn’t matter
Osborne simply has no political room to do anything very much. The big decisions will come after the election – whoever is in office.
Dan Watkins: Real wage growth – positive after all?
The majority of workers have had some wage growth – of four per cent per annum – since 2010.
Nadhim Zahawi MP: The internet giants act on child abuse. So why won’t they act over terror?
There are no slick solutions when it comes to meeting the challenge of ISIS. But here’s what can and should be done.
Lord Flight: The shocking invasion of privacy hidden away in the Small Business Bill
And it won’t even work in its own terms. What on earth is a Conservative-led Government doing in introducing such half-baked proposals?
Nick Hillman: How students may vote next year – and how much difference they’ll make
There is good news and bad for all the main parties in our analysis, plus good news for the Green Party and less good news for UKIP.
Make your mind up, Britain: do you want politicians to be ‘normal’ or not?
Penny Mordaunt’s parliamentary puns should be welcomed, not blasted by hypocritical puritans.
Mark Field MP: Stealing Labour’s clothes has proved an ill fit for Conservatives.
As the Autumn Statement looms, it is time to ask whether the worst policies of a future Labour Government would have our fingerprints on them.
Deaf, uncaring bureaucracy is a social injustice which legislation cannot solve
“Computer says no” culture doesn’t just spoil people’s days – it wrecks people’s lives.
Graeme Archer: In memory of, and gratitude for, Baroness (PD) James
For all that her works were about death, her true topics were life and love.
Immigration 1) Cameron’s speech – a struggle in a trap of his own devising
Yes, there is a plan for welfare restrictions. But no, there is nothing much on border control. Expectations have been raised that have thus not been met.
Immigration 2) Douglas Hansen-Luke: Deportation figures, health payments, housing refusals. Let’s list our immigration results.
There are two immediate, costless and politically smart things we should be doing right now.
Immigration 3) Philip Salter: Don’t worry about net migration – worry about the young entrepreneurs we are turning away
The UK is making the next generation of business success stories feel unwelcome here. It will cost us.