By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Earlier in the House of Commons Oliver Letwin MP outlined the Coalition's new White Paper on the future of the public services. He began by saying that his aim was to give poorer people the same choice as richer people: "When public services aren’t up to scratch, those who […]
Making a rare statement to the Commons yesterday, Oliver Letwin explained the Government's Business Plans for every Whitehall department and why they were being published transparently. Highlights below: Targets do not work: "The evidence of the past 13 years shows that targets and short-term bureaucratic interventions simply do not work. Despite all the new learning […]
Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP is Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Policy Review and of the Conservative Research Department. The answer to this question changes through time and across different political terrains. The battles of liberal democracy against the Nazis and the communists were battles about ends, rather than means. We wanted freedom; they wanted […]