By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter I recently profiled the 2020 and Free Enterprise groups of Tory MPs. Those two groups are formed by ideology: MPs are attracted to the groups because, in the case of the Free Enterprise Group, members wish to open up markets and make Britain business-friendly enough to compete with other world class economies. The 2020's […]
Amber Rudd is Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye. Her article is the sixth in a seven part series of articles by Conservative MPs, each discussing the Coalition's policies to get more people into good homes. There are only so many ways to move taxes and to rein back on regulation. Economists and politicians can debate […]
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Concerns from Tory MPs about the sentencing aspects of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill have been well covered, not least with Philip Davies' ConHome piece on the topic yesterday. He repeated those concerns in a speech during yesterday's Second Reading debate on the bill, and […]
By Jonathan Isaby Yesterday at questions to Eric Pickles and his team of ministers from the Department of Communities and Local Government, a number of Tory MPs took the opportunity to highlight how their local Conservative-run councils are coping with the financial squeeze. Doubtless their local papers will be encouraged to cite the praise heaped […]
Amber Rudd gained Hastings and Rye from Labour at the general election and used her maiden speech yesterday to raise two issues of particular concern to her constituents: transport links and the Hastings fishing fleet: "Like many towns, we suffer from the coastal problem of being at the end of the line. Looking at previous […]