The idea that all groups should have the same outcomes is just an update of the old socialist idea of equality of outcome – ignoring the choices that individuals make.
The first piece in a five-part series on ConHome on a new Manifesto to Strengthen Families, which will be launched in Parliament this week.
This pernicious addiction ruins lives and families. The current rules are insufficient.
The really interesting question is: what causes wealth? And the answer is clear enough – specialisation and exchange.
We should put the proceeds in a special Redistribution Fund to spend either on public services, or on poorer communities, or cutting taxes for the lower paid.
A Conservative MP has led the way in proposing how London could be rebalanced away from the super-rich and back towards the mass of its citizens.
The way in which the 0.7 per cent target is defined is out of date. Lack of money is not necessarily the primary cause of underdevelopment.
A new study shows that paying a living wage is good for employees, and that it’s proving to make good business sense too.
We should take the opportunity to remind ourselves what real progress means and rededicate ourselves to its cause.
Arguments for interfering further, or differently, with the pie, therefore, should be based primarily on need rather than on redistribution.
The majority of those who leave prison will be convicted of new crimes within a year – that is a shameful failure.
It would be wrong to assume you can simply sweep reducing poverty into a wider social mobility plan: they are not the same.
The Centre for Social Justice, which I am now chairing once again, is turning its attention to the quality of growth and jobs.
The Government must do much more to promote universities, apprenticeships and FE colleagues equally to ensure that young people get the skills they need.