
Cardwell is loyal to May and Brokenshire, but does not tell us much about the Prime Minister’s people
This account of three and a half years as a special adviser confirms how trivial and transitory the role can be.
This account of three and a half years as a special adviser confirms how trivial and transitory the role can be.
There can be benefits to democracy – and efficiency from reform. But change must come from below – not be imposed from the top.
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
He is one of the few elements of continuity in what has been a turbulent year at the Government’s top table.
Yesterday’s announcement of Government’s design guidance is a very welcome step in the right direction.
When we work with central government, we improve lives and achieve the best results for our communities.
We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.
Without strong baseline regulations there is no clarity for industry or robust protection for the public. Fire safety must be a given, not a lottery.
Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?
Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.
Brokenshire feels the dismissal of Scruton “could have been handled differently”. But the work to ensure new homes are attractive will continue.
A Code of Practice, if given legal backing, should ensure that freeholders act as long-term responsible stewards of properties.
The row over his sacking is a sign of a Party pulled in different directions by the way politics works – and by culture wars. Now a new competitor is knocking at the door.
Proper visual preference surveys would help ensure attractive, new buildings – which people actually like.
There is a mismatch between Government announcements and Commons realities. It cannot attempt reforms without risking them being amended out of recognition.