News of an exciting opportunity in EU participatory democracy
By the time you read this, I will have voted (if the House divides) to "take note" of European Union Document No…. Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Would the married couples allowance now be illegal?
By Andrew Lilico Yesterday's news was led for a while by the case of Peter and Hazelmary Bull, of the… Read more »
Robert Leitch: The extreme interpretation of “equality” forced upon British society is attacking the very diversity it seeks to promote
Robert Leitch is a 22-year-old party activist who is working in Parliament for a Conservative MP. Equality is a peculiar… Read more »
Thomas Cawston: Fewer hospitals, more competition
Thomas Cawston is a Reform researcher Today the Government will present the Health and Social Care Bill before Parliament. The… Read more »
Andrew Lansley: An open NHS will be a safer, stronger, better NHS
Andrew Lansley MP is Secretary of State for Health. At the turn of the last century, the US supreme court… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft: CCHQ was right not to spend scarce money in Oldham East and Saddleworth
Two principal questions are preoccupying Conservative commentators about the result from Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election: First, was the Liberal… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Inflation may be up but Quantitative Easing prevented the UK from falling into Irish-style deflationary slump
Annual CPI inflation in December 2010 was up to 3.7%, RPI to 4.8%. The chart tracks inflation since 2000. In… Read more »
Richard Harrington MP: We must ensure that the Localism Bill does not allow “Nimbys” and the disaffected to block all local development
Richard Harrington is MP for Watford. For those people who are scrambling to get on the first rung of the… Read more »
Mark Field MP: Have the authorities decided that tackling inflation will be too painful?
Mark Field is Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster. All the upbeat talk is of the UK economy… Read more »
Alex Deane: Coalition is wrong on minimum alcohol pricing
The government has announced plans to introduce minimum prices for alcohol. Make no mistake, this is a u-turn. In June… Read more »
Lord Strathclyde: Labour is preparing to deny the people of this country their say on whether AV should be used to elect MPs
Lord Strathclyde is Leader of the House of Lords. Whilst the Commons may head home just after 10.30pm on most… Read more »
Prof Tim Bale: Even Churchill considered an electoral pact with the Liberals in the 1950s
Tim Bale is Professor of Politics at Sussex University and is the author of The Conservative Party from Thatcher to… Read more »
Patrick Nolan: A fairer system of parental leave requires new thinking
Patrick Nolan, Chief Economist, Reform. Earlier today the Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, argued that Britain needs… Read more »
Charlie Elphicke MP: Less employment law = more jobs and money
If we want to see more jobs and money, it’s important to get employment law right. Businesses – particularly smaller… Read more »
John Howell MP: The Localism Bill will deliver a fairer and simpler planning system which genuinely engages with local residents
John Howell is MP for Henley and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Greg Clark, the Minister for Decentralisation and Localism. Only… Read more »