In the second of three articles, the Weston-super-Mare MP sets out plans on tax, housing deficits and debt to help achieve inter-generational justice.
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Peter Franklin: Why is the right so sweet on sugar?
This is not so much a pro-market position as an anti-democratic one. There is more to politics than market versus state.
Newslinks for Saturday 18th August 2018
Brexit 1) Government to publish first set of “no-deal” plans next Thursday “The government will set out the vast parts… Read more »
James Arnell: No Deal 2) Trade and regulations
We re-run the author’s series on what might be done for the UK to be Ready on Day One.
Alex Morton: Five housing reforms that we need to implement straight away
Given the long lead times involved in constructing new homes, we can’t afford to let the Government’s weakness or distracted state delay us.
Newslinks for Saturday 14th July 2018
Davis ‘prepared to join Eurosceptic rebels’ “David Davis, the former Brexit Secretary, is prepared to join Eurosceptic MPs and vote… Read more »
Newslinks for Thursday 28th June 2018
Brexit 1) Backbenchers call for end to Cabinet ‘squabbling’ “Squabbling ministers were last night told to ‘put a sock in… Read more »
The self-styled Disruptor-in-Chief speaks out. Truss says higher taxes would be “a complete contradiction” of the Brexit vote. Her speech.
Jokes at Gove’s expense apart, it’s a call for liberty, spending control, lower taxes, less waste and free trade.
Philip Atkins: Closer collaboration and strategic planning could help deliver the homes we need
Districts decide on the applications, counties provide the infrastructure. Better collaboration is needed. We build communities; not just properties.
Newslinks for Wednesday 13th June 2018
The Government sees off ‘meaningful vote’ rebellion… ‘In what is a significant advance in her push to get Britain out… Read more »
Bob Seely: My housing challenge to think tanks. Devise a strategy that will prize social justice above economic liberalism.
In my constituency, we have a target of just over 640 homes a year. Our housing waiting list is 3,000.
Newslinks for Wednesday 25th April 2018
Brexit: May accused of putting ‘head in the sand’ over customs union showdown… “Theresa May today faced claims she is ducking… Read more »
Ray Bassett: It is time for political game-playing over the Irish border to be stopped
Dublin threatens to cut off its nose to spite its face, apparently in a misjudged attempt to pressure the UK into abandoning Brexit. This is a serious error.
Alex Morton: Scrapping coins and squeezing cash would be an assault on our own voters
The Treasury should be saved from itself by bringing the Party Chairman in to scrutinise the Autumn Budget before it is finalised.
“Why shouldn’t a mutual, a not-for-profit, or even a charity be able to bid” to run the East Coast Mainline? Tugendhat on markets.
“Competition doesn’t mean privatisation.” The full text of his speech to the Social Market Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation.