Jeremy Hunt says Lottery should return to the original good causes
Maybe the biggest surprise of the reshuffle yesterday was that the outstanding Jeremy Hunt (Shadow Culture Secretary) didn’t change jobs…. Read more »
Philip Bushill-Matthews criticises ECJ ruling on holiday rights for the long-term sick
The European Court of Justice has ruled today that workers on long-term sick leave will continue to accrue holiday rights…. Read more »
George Osborne says first Government bank bail-out failed
In the company of his new front bench colleague Ken Clarke, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne responded to… Read more »
Struan Stevenson says recreational fishing must not come under control of Common Fisheries Policy
Struan Stevenson, Conservative fisheries spokesman in the European Parliament, has promised to fight a proposed regulation from the European Commission… Read more »
Written answers round-up
There are a number of intriguing written answers in the latest edition of Hansard. Shoreham & East Worthing MP (and… Read more »
Eric Pickles forces Government to tell pubs about business rate cut entitlement
Eric Pickles, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (at the time of writing!) appears to have scored… Read more »
Lord Malloch-Brown says Irish should not stop Lisbon Treaty
Lord Malloch-Brown, a Foreign Office Minister, takes a rather different attitude to democracy to Daniel Hannan. On Tuesday the House… Read more »
Daniel Hannan says EU human rights agenda is crowding out democracy
Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP for the South East, made a splendid speech yesterday about how the growth of "EU… Read more »
Syed Kamall says Government is encouraging abuse of cross-Channel shoppers
Syed Kamall, a London MEP (and spokesman on international trade), has received confirmation from the European Commission that the British… Read more »
Francis Maude reveals that the civil service is not advertising jobs properly
The Cabinet Office has recently published a White Paper on social mobility – entitled New Opportunities – in which it… Read more »
Anthony Steen wants to save Hope Cove lifeboat
Totnes MP Anthony Steen drew attention to a worthy cause yesterday: "On 10 August last year, two girls in Hope… Read more »
Alan Duncan slams Government on loan guarantees
Shadow Business Secretary Alan Duncan put pressure on the Government yesterday. He excoriated ministers both for leaking their announcement on… Read more »
Conservative MPs put spotlight on Belarus
Three MPs asked questions of the Foreign Office yesterday about Belarus, and they are all Conservatives. This was good to… Read more »
Timothy Kirkhope wants to keep the pound
Timothy Kirkhope, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, issued the following statement yesterday, as the Parliament celebrated the… Read more »
Shailesh Vara uncovers lax data security at the MoD
Shailesh Vara, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, has received some troubling written answers. It emerges that the… Read more »