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Robert Halfon: There must be no tax rises for lower income voters to help meet the costs of the virus

No fuel duty rises, self-employed taxes, income tax rises, more taxes on food and drink – and the like.

By Robert Halfon MP | 3 June 2020 | 82 comments

Ryan Bourne: Welcome to the Inefficient Economy

The Government can avoid worsening it. But that requires as bold a deviation from ordinary policy as the extraordinary relief efforts we saw before.

By Ryan Bourne | 27 May 2020 | 42 comments

Neil O’Brien: So you want to level up. In what way? And how will you do it?

Measuring people’s incomes needs to be part of measuring progress – but we need to be careful, because different measures give different results.

By Neil O Brien MP | 27 January 2020 | 5 comments

Robert Halfon: For years, I’ve urged that the Conservatives become a Workers Party. Now it is one.

As the Prime Minister said, many people have lent us their vote, and they won’t be so generous next time if we get it wrong.

By Robert Halfon MP | 18 December 2019 | 52 comments

Garvan Walshe: How the majority needed to deliver Brexit will thwart the reform needed to make a success of it

A new Conservative Government will need to transform the economy. It remains to be seen whether this be done with a majority based on northern, post-industrial Britain.

By Garvan Walshe | 5 December 2019 | 76 comments

Robert Halfon: I’ve been told that, if Corbyn wins, the Conservative Party and I will be sued for negligence

“Now I want a nice clean game from all of you” – so said Madam Hooch in Harry Potter. The reality is, it’s not going to happen.

By Robert Halfon | 6 November 2019 | 37 comments

Neil O’Brien: Fifty shades of conservatism

It’s a bit like the roof of Parliament’s Westminster Hall: which is held up by a lot of huge, ancient beams all resting on each other.

By Neil O Brien MP | 7 October 2019 | 48 comments

Ryan Bourne: To help grow prosperity, let’s focus on people and not places – such as towns

Bowman and Westlake’s policy ideas are perfectly compatible with this end, but pitching them as a city and town agenda risks creating a false impression.

By Ryan Bourne | 18 September 2019 | 9 comments

David Skelton: From Gateshead to ‘Ghosthead’, how our towns have declined

The Conservative Party could become the natural home for the urban working class if it revived these towns, David Skelton argues in his new book.

By David Skelton | 9 September 2019 | 23 comments

Neil O’Brien: Corbynomics – and why it means that your house, business and savings don’t really belong to you

In his eyes, you have them only as long as the Government suffers you to have them, and they can be retrospectively taken away if he sees fit.

By Neil O Brien MP | 9 September 2019 | 71 comments

Robert Halfon: Old Etonian Johnson now drives a white van

Raising national insurance, fewer “sin taxes”, public sector pay rises, more schools spending – all are part of his programme.

By Robert Halfon MP | 3 July 2019 | 41 comments

Robert Halfon: Under our new leader, we must prize social justice above social mobility

We must tackle causes of poverty, not symptoms: educational failure, worklessness, family breakdown, debt, addiction, disability, exposure to crime, poor housing.

By Robert Halfon MP | 19 June 2019 | 22 comments

WATCH: May and Corbyn clash on the cost of living at PMQs

The Labour leader presses the Government on food banks and social care, and the Prime Minister touts tax cuts and boosts to incomes.

1 May 2019 | 8 comments

Kevin Hollinrake: Why the Government should continue to push for a real living wage

There are benefits all round when employers adopt the higher, voluntary rate, and the public sector ought to be setting an example.

By Kevin Hollinrake | 28 February 2019 | 15 comments

Dan Watkins: Six reasons why the Conservatives deserved to win that no confidence vote yesterday

It’s not hard to find reasons to be frustrated with the Government, but we are still delivering for the British people.

By Dan Watkins | 17 January 2019 | 62 comments

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