Our departure from the EU is an opportunity to emerge from a period of great national change stronger and more prosperous than ever before.
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Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. As I argued in the first article of this three-part series for ConservativeHome, the Fresh Start Project (FSP) believes that the UK’s national interest requires meaningful reform of the EU. The EU is facing a crisis of competitiveness. The Eurozone crisis is […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. The EU – you either love it, or you hate it. That's where the debate is in Britain: are you a 'better off out' sceptic or are you a Europhile apologist? Well, I think both extremes are wrong, and I also think […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. There are times in history when a reform that has been ushered in has profoundly changed our society for the better. Our National Health Service and free education for all were the great 'game changers' of the twentieth century. But however life-changing […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. I couldn’t agree more with Greg Clark’s ConservativeHome column this week. It’s imperative that we re-establish the UK as the global leader in financial services. I’m therefore right behind everything Greg is proposing. My only plea is that he should go further […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. As the debate over the UK’s future relationship with the EU rages on, a worrying and false dichotomy is developing. Labour Ministers, and others, are attempting to argue that to talk of reform of Europe is 'pro-European', while to talk of […]
Andrea and Damian outline some of the ideas starting to emerge from the 2020 Conservatives’ Opportunity Society project. Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. Damian Hinds is Member of Parliament for East Hampshire. Follow Damian on Twitter. The arrival of David Cameron as party leader marked a new optimistic, compassionate Conservatism. […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. After the bruising debate on the EU budget last week, all eyes now turn to today's debate on European Banking Union. Make no mistake, this matters. Though it may not seem as exciting, or as easy to comprehend, as the Budget, […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. It’s a sad day when I have to disagree with Eurosceptic Colleagues — my personal views on Europe are more often in step with theirs — but I think the Reckless Amendment is wrong for Britain. It won’t produce the reform that British […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. There is no doubt that change is needed. EU legislation and regulation impacts on almost every aspect of life in the UK. The British public are demanding a change. A recent YouGov survey (July 2012) shows that two-thirds want a referendum on or before […]
Andrea Leadsom is the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. In the aftermath of the 2011 riots David Cameron was quoted as said "we’ve got to get out there and make a positive difference to the way families work." The anniversary has just passed, and much consternation remains about the so-called troubled […]
Andrea Leadsom is MP for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. Chris Heaton-Harris is Member of Parliament for Daventry. Follow Chris on Twitter. George Eustice is MP Member of Parliament for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle. Events in Europe guarantee that the way the EU works is going to change significantly over the coming years. This is […]
My own return to the backbenches has allowed me to focus on this vital area for the Government.