Ed Holmes: How to stop the long-term unemployed from falling out of the labour market
Smaller and specialist providers should be funded upfront
David Burrowes MP: Discrimination during election campaigns should be reported
When campaigning at elections, there is an expectation at the top level of our Party that there should be a high standard of integrity and propriety in debate.
Mark Reckless: MPs should vote to cut green energy costs today
The Commons should not back the proposed means of supporting the Green Investment Bank
Lottie Dexter: Childcare is the issue to crack if more single mums are to work
Roughly a third of all single mums are on Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income Support.
Mohammed Amin: A UK Government sukuk at last!
The Chancellor’s decision to issue an Islamic bond is good news for London’s competitive position.
Lord Ashcroft: How the Conservatives could gain traction in Scotland
Over the last eight months, I have looked into the question. My full report, “Cameron’s Caledonian Conundrum”, is published today.
Alfred Bosch: We Catalans would like to do things the Scottish way. But it’s not that easy.
The main obstacle to Catalan independence or home rule is that Spain simply cannot drop its main sources of cash, and will fight tooth and claw to preserve them.
Rob Leitch: What you really need in a classroom is the Teaching X Factor
The truth is that some unqualified teachers won’t be able to step up to the mark – but the same will transpire for every new cohort of freshly qualified teachers too.
Andrew Bridgen MP: I said Labour would U-turn on HS2. And I was right. We should drop the scheme before it’s too late.
Labour will provide enough time to commit us – and then Balls will spring £50 billion of spending pledges from the saving of cancelling HS2.
Joe Armitage: Three sources that prove BBC bias against the centre-right
The £175,000 BBC study that found bias. The newspaper readership of BBC employees. And the study by the Centre for Policy Studies.
Michael Dowsett: Never mind UKIP. To win the next election, we need to target centre-ground voters
A typical undecided voter is around twice as likely to be female than male, and is most likely to be aged between 25-39 years old
Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson: Does Iceland belong in the Anglosphere?
Iceland has become both very Americanized and Anglicised. That also goes for Icelandic politics which are more in line the Anglosphere than continental Europe.
Sheryll Murray MP: A case for amending the Hunting Act
It is important to point out that this proposal is about shooting foxes, not hunting, and is certainly not ‘repeal by the backdoor’.
Laura Perrins: What you won’t hear from the BBC about single mothers
“U.S Single Mums are often disproportionately black or Latino and much poorer than their married sisters” does not make for a great headline
Julian Brazier MP: Why having 30,000 trained reservists by 2018 is achievable
A higher priority should be afforded to our armed forces in the struggle for scarce resources, but this is being confused with special pleading by some regular officers.