Plus: Tracey Crouch gets a women’s rugby team to bar the Chancellor. And: a new Tory One-Night-Stand dating app called Blue on Blue…
The International Development Secretary tells Andrew Marr it is better to take Syrian refugees direct from the region – the first will arrive next week.
“What we’re going to do is make sure that people don’t have to make that terrible journey, using people smugglers, to Europe. So we’ll be resettling people directly from the refugee camps.”
Our Government must now, as before, mount a diplomatic operation to ensure that Argentina settles its old debts before it receives any new ones.
Patrick McLoughlin, Transport Secretary and former miner, on UKIP, HS2, the Euston Arch, Heathrow and the desirability of getting ahead with one’s Christmas shopping.
Plus: The shuffle I want. Brown flops. Why on earth do Conservative Governments pour millions into Liverpool? And: In memory of Andy Wilson.
In Syria, temperatures may drop to minus six – and, all over the world, children are paying the ultimate price of conflict. Yet hope and progress are alive.
Buenos Aires is crawling back for more money – British representatives must vote No.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Justine Greening is getting a lot of public advice at the moment. After seven years in which Tory aid policy has been shaped by Andrew Mitchell – five years in opposition, two years in government – there's a sense that the new Development Secretary might embark upon a new […]
A variety of reactions are pasted in this blog. The names of those calling for some change of message, priority or operational changes are emboldened. We have also included the contributions of MPs who have not advocated substantial changes. 5.45pm A little round-up of what Tory MPs have said during the day: David Ruffley MP […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter After Justine Greening's announcement giving the go-ahead for a high speed rail network, High Speed 2 (HS2), 37 Conservative MPs were able to question the Transport Secretary within 60 minutes. The exchanges demonstrated the opposition of those MPs whose constituencies are directly affected by high speed rail. However their reservations […]
The third piece in our aid series welcomes the Government’s commitment to Syria, and says that Britain should take five kids per Parliamentary seat.