WATCH: The ConHome Manifesto 4) Garden Cities for the 21st Century
Paul Goodman introduces our proposal to encourage house-building while securing local consent for new homes.
Looking at Labour 1) The Shadow Cabinet
The average member of Miliband’s team has spent just four and a half years working in the private sector. A quarter have no private sector experience at all.
Graeme Archer: The Waiting Room
The enemies of freedom have been testing how far they can go, step by step. We shouldn’t be surprised they are now almost upon us.
Lord Bates: The revival of the North-East
Historically, our greatest weakness has been to place far too much confidence in government and demonstrate too little confidence in ourselves.
Boris for Chairman?
A post he could hold, with the right to attend Cabinet, while staying as Mayor.
WATCH: The ConHome Manifesto 3) Occupier-first homes
Mark Wallace presents the third video in our manifesto series – a proposal to address the decline in home ownership.
Farage’s team – a guide to the people who run UKIP
Who are the officials, advisers, strategists, donors and communicators who are set to decide what UKIP says and does over the course of the General Election?
Tom Pursglove: The biggest vote on Europe in 40 years delivers a huge majority for leaving
More than eight out of ten people in North Northamptonshire want to quit the EU.
Daniel Hannan MEP: Stop complaining about the NHS. You’re getting what you asked for.
It may not always work well. It isn’t a model other countries want. But we’ve chosen it – and so are stuck with it.
The problem of youth turnout
It’s not only lower than it used to be, but it’s declined faster than turnout among other age groups. Which prompts a question: whose politics is this?
Low pay is about more than just pay
A living wage is a well-meaning idea, but it’s also deeply problematic. Far better to sort out the tax and benefits system first.
WATCH: The ConHome Manifesto 2) What we believe: Homes, jobs and savings
The second in our series of one-minute films laying out our proposals.
Rebecca Coulson: To defeat the violent fanatics, we must hold fast to the truth
Hopefully we are starting to put a stop to dangerous cultural and moral relativism – but how firm are we in our beliefs?
Andrew Carter: A stronger economy needs stronger cities
The Conservatives have seized the leadership on devolving power.
Lord Ashcroft: The Conservatives return to a one point lead in my latest national poll
Back to the norm after last week’s outlier. Plus, the results of focus groups in Croydon and Dudley.