Many of them want to return, and may well defect if they don’t see an avenue to do so under Tory colours. Yet party members are unenthusiastic about giving them special treatment in selections.
Killing the Bill at Second Reading would have meant no opportunity for emergency press conferences and Star Chamber findings at Committee and Report.
The odds are that the Government will win tomorrow. But it’s not hard to see how it could lose by accident.
We have a Minister for London, but where on earth is the Minister for the North? I find it astonishing that this position has not been established.
The effect of the train strikes on attendance, the trauma of recent years, and the change in the nature of the Tory Conference itself leave the question hanging.
The conference exhibited scepticism about levelling up and widespread enthusiasm for devolution – but less cognisance of the trade-offs it entails.
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This positive decision will also be a welcome sign for any Sunak-sceptic Northern MPs that he takes levelling up – and them holding their seats in 2024 – seriously.
We need an empowered political leader as Chairman because CCHQ is the department for the future of our party and shaping our country.
The conference produced a lively and interesting debate over policy . If only the Prime Minister had been there to listen.
Voters aren’t used to a world of rising prices and interest rates, and their hearts and minds are up for grabs.
The trip itself is perfectly defensible, but the party is drifting back towards the factionalism that broke out under Theresa May.
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up reviews the Government’s plans for improving life chances and growth across the North.
A discussion of key priorities for the Red Wall with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, followed by a keynote speech from Jake Berry.
The choice people face is to stick with us on a clear plan to prosperity, or risk all of the progress we have made with a vote for a Labour Party who have so few plans that they all fit on a credit card-sized leaflet.