The Clarkegate allegations have revealed flawed accountability structures and failures of confidentiality – exacerbated by a fixation with the short-term.
How does Osborne’s expenditure compare to that of other recent Chancellors?
The BBC’s 1 O’clock News from 22nd November 1990 reports the end of a remarkable premiership.
And the worst example? Blair and Brown in their second term.
An austere, joyless tone informs most of the essays in this new book.
Plus: The Enemy Within rings me during my LBC programme. Back Hunt – defy the BMA. And: I want to buy Margaret Thatcher’s clothes.
It deserves to be honoured as part of the great tradition of Conservative social reforming legislation.
Plus: Why Chilcot won’t change anybody’s mind. A deliberate snub from Downing Street. And: Why hasn’t the Daily Mail replaced James Chapman yet?
Led by former Treasury officials, this think tank has placed itself at the heart of the argument about how to help the low-paid.
The Chancellor questions the author about “Everything She Wants”, the second volume of his biography of the three-times-victorious Prime Minister.
Many eyes are on the Mayor of London, but more should be on the Home Secretary – as the only holder of a great office of state who may yet back Leave.
From Howe’s famous budget to the sacking of the Wets, a crucial few months proved to be deeply formative for Thatcher.
Winning electoral battles is not enough. We must win intellectual battles to change history.
“It’s rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain.”
There is neither need nor rationale for rolling back our low-carbon policies.