If we impose yet more draconian prison sentences to win a political arms race, the burdens on the taxpayer will become unsustainable.
Lords positions start to be appointed, as Commons roles continue to be filled by the new Prime Minister.
The former Treasury Minister is regarded as a “safe pair of hands”. However, he may not stay in post for long.
The County’s seven Conservative MPs are clear that the problems are “self inflicted” due to financial mismanagement. They need to encourage new people to become councillors.
Continuing our series, this week we look at the solid Conservative performance in the East Midlands.
UKIP look set to hand Labour a string of critical marginals in the close-fought two way battle for this region.
The number of Labour councillors falls to seven – with the Conservatives now up to 19.
But the script of this pantomime was dire, consisting as it did of the repetition of rival sets of NHS statistics.
Michael Ellis is the Member of Parliament for Northampton North. Follow Michael on Twitter. The joint committee scrutinising the draft Communications Data Bill has reported back. The issues the bill grapples with – how some of the most dangerous people in our world are exploiting new and emerging technologies to perpetrate terrible crimes – are […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter I recently profiled the 2020 and Free Enterprise groups of Tory MPs. Those two groups are formed by ideology: MPs are attracted to the groups because, in the case of the Free Enterprise Group, members wish to open up markets and make Britain business-friendly enough to compete with other world class economies. The 2020's […]
Michael Ellis is MP for Northampton North. Follow Michael on Twitter. An article this week on ConHome from Emma Carr of Big Brother Watch asserted that the Communications Data Bill was ‘ill thought out legislation’. As a member of the cross-party Joint Committee which spent almost six months scrutinising the Draft Bill – and which […]