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Robert Halfon: Ministers should value the Open University no less than Oxbridge. And the latter should open up to apprenticeships.

What is the objective of higher education if it does not play a major role in addressing our country’s skills deficit?

By Robert Halfon MP | 11 April 2018 | 41 comments

James Frayne: The local elections – and why London modernisation won’t work for provincial Britain

They want to know that their political leaders aren’t racist or judgemental or stuck in a 1950s parody – but they aren’t interested in hearing about these ideas primarily.

By James Frayne | 10 April 2018 | 67 comments

Simon Clarke: Teesside is experiencing an industrial renaissance – with Conservative optimism driving out Labour gloom

The first in a three-part ConHome mini-series on the Tory revival in the area since the Mayoral election of last May.

By Simon Clarke | 10 April 2018 | 31 comments

Nicky Morgan: A stark truth. We’re not doing well enough among women. Here’s how we can do better.

Unless we find a way to win over those in their forties, thirties and younger, we will have an even bigger problem at the next election.

By Nicky Morgan MP | 9 April 2018 | 287 comments

Nicky Morgan: There’s good news to tell on jobs and growth. Let’s make more of it.

There is a suspicion that the Government wants to talk about other things – and a significant amount of attention is of course already being consumed by Brexit.

By Nicky Morgan MP | 26 March 2018 | 74 comments

Ryan Henson: How to improve opportunities for white working-class boys – and get more on the Tory benches too

Research shows that investment in the early years of a child’s life is the most effective way to improve his or her long-term life chances.

By Cllr Ryan Henson | 19 March 2018 | 55 comments

What should Tories tax? 2) Robert Halfon: We must focus on the lower-paid and the cost of living

Unless we change how we think, speak and apply lower taxes, the Labour cry of ‘tax cuts for the rich’ will remain a powerful slogan.

By Robert Halfon MP | 28 February 2018 | 79 comments

Patrick Minford: More compliance. Lower productivity. Reduced growth. Why we must free ourselves from EU regulation.

If we do, we could reverse at least some of the six per cent hit to GDP it has caused so far. If we don’t, we could continue to lose productivity growth of 0.2 per cent a year.

By Patrick Minford | 5 February 2018 | 325 comments

Thomas Hogg: Let’s get a sense of perspective. May must stay – and here’s why.

I finish by imploring you to consider the effect on our Brexit negotiations if we change negotiators half way through.

By Thomas Hogg | 5 February 2018 | 140 comments

David Meikle: In Glasgow, it is the Conservatives who offer the real opposition to the SNP

We are fighting against centralising power in Edinburgh. Glaswegians want more jobs and growth – and a cleaner, greener City.

By David Meikle | 10 January 2018 | 5 comments

Howard Flight: Brexit offers the chance of a renaissance for the City

The alarmism of Osborne and others has proved to be baseless – instead, our existing strengths in financial services position us to grow even stronger.

By Howard Flight | 8 January 2018 | 36 comments

Stephen Booth: The immigration policy that voters want post-Brexit puts control first – and a reduction very much second

Overall, our new report suggests that public attitudes towards immigration – and indeed leaving the EU – are not fuelled by racism or intolerance.

By Stephen Booth | 21 December 2017 | 70 comments

Abhishek Sachdev: Small and medium-sized businesses are being exploited by banks which abuse their power

Thousands of businesses have suffered material harm as a result of sharp practice against which they have no recourse.

By Abhishek Sachdev | 19 December 2017 | 20 comments

Hugo Sugg: I’ve been homeless and live on the edge of poverty. Let’s help others like me with low hours contracts.

I joined the Conservatives six months after this year’s general election, with a vision to help us progress in the area of social equality.

By Hugo Sugg | 18 December 2017 | 72 comments

Yet another part of Project Fear is unravelling

In the Financial Times, of all places, it emerges that predictions of Brexit disaster in the City were overblown.

By Mark Wallace | 15 December 2017 | 191 comments

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