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Newslinks for Thursday 1st February 2018
May takes ‘swipe at Hammond’ with upbeat Brexit assessment… “Britain’s economy will have a ‘better future’ outside the EU, Theresa May said… Read more »
Newslinks for Saturday 27th January 2018
Brexit 1) May ‘cancels Brexit speech’ over fears of Cabinet splits… “Theresa May has abandoned preparations for a third high-profile… Read more »
Newslinks for Friday 12th January 2018
Downing Street rebukes Hammond over paying to access EU markets “Downing Street has disputed a suggestion by Philip Hammond that… Read more »
Madeline Grant: Why Giles Coren is wrong to think we have nothing to learn from Austen
Her novels are an insight into the financial and social realities of Georgian and Regency England, and how women navigated them.
Newslinks for Friday 1st December 2017
EU 1) DUP warn Government that appeasing Dublin could break Westminster pact “Theresa May’s plan to end the Brexit standoff over the… Read more »
Adam Sykes: Wirral Council is blocking the homes we need
With 6,000 properties lying empty, the Secretary of State has intervened over the failure to produce a local plan.
Newslinks for Sunday 19th November 2017
Johnson & Gove v May & Davis on transition and contingency “The letter setting out their blueprint for a post-EU… Read more »
Book review: Gordon Brown has learned nothing and forgotten quite a bit
He never resolved his conflict between being brought up to repress his emotions and as a politician having to express them.
Diego Zuluaga: The Paradise Papers. The rich are paying more tax than ever – and tax havens are a force for good
For the most part, capital in offshore centres is invested, fetching rates of return far in excess of the value that most government expenditure can generate.
James Arnell: Ready on Day One for Brexit. 2) Tariffs and trade. We must be willing to be radical.
In a no-deal scenario, we must be prepared with a detailed plan which takes into account the trading and regulatory differences between industries.
May’s Men and Women: The Conservative Commons intake of 2017
The Prime Minister failed to boost the fortunes of female candidates, and in other ways there is a shift away from the 2015 intake who came of age under David Cameron.
Alex Wild: Build houses, abolish NICs for people under 30. How to win younger peoples’ votes.
The youth vote is not one homogenous lump: more than half of school leavers won’t go to university, and won’t benefit from more generous student loan terms.
Newslinks for Monday October 9th 2017
May challenges Brexit ‘doomsayers’ with optimism ‘Theresa May will today say that Britain can “prove the doomsayers wrong” and that… Read more »
Tony Devenish: A policy agenda for Conservatives to win in London
We need a Council Tax cut for the young, financed by forced sales of municipal land to boost the number of new homes.