What is the No Turning Back group? Matthew Barrett profiles the keepers of the Thatcherite flame

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter In my series profiling groups of Tory MPs, most groups I've looked at have been… Read more »

Who are the 301? The Tory MPs who want to refresh the 1922 Committee

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The 301 group is perhaps the most active and important group of backbench Tory MPs. Tim… Read more »

Priti Patel: Union members must have opt-in choice for party donations – and political fund levies to end abuse

Priti Patel is MP for Witham. Just imagine if you paid for a service from an accountant, a lawyer or… Read more »

Charlie Elphicke MP and Priti Patel MP: We need a £50,000 cap on political donations now

Charlie Elphicke is MP for Dover and Deal.  Priti Patel is MP for Witham.  Both are members of the Public… Read more »

What is the Free Enterprise Group? Matthew Barrett profiles the most influential new gathering of Tory MPs

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The Forty. The 301. The 2020. These are some of the groups formed by Conservative… Read more »

Zac Goldsmith voted the most fanciable male MP (again)

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Sky News' annual St Valentine’s Day poll, compiled by Sky News’ political team sees the Conservative… Read more »

Priti Patel MP: Legislation should be introduced to give more rights to victims of crime through a new enforceable Code of Practice

Priti Patel is the Member of Parliament for Witham. Today I have a 10 Minute Rule Bill on the Rights of… Read more »

Priti Patel MP: The support trade union leaders have from the people they claim to stand up for is at an all time low

Priti Patel is the Member of Parliament for Witham. All of the dogmatic rhetoric from fat cat trade union leaders… Read more »

Priti Patel MP: State funding of political parties cannot be morally justified to the public and to party members

Priti Patel is Conservative MP for Witham. Sir Christopher Kelly's report into political party funding makes an interesting read and… Read more »

Priti Patel MP: Why Parliament must debate ECHR reforms

Priti Patel is MP for Witham. Next month Britain has a once in a generation opportunity to spearhead reform of the… Read more »

Priti Patel MP: Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the salaries of union activists

Priti Patel is MP for Witham. In his Conference speech, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude reflected the growing anger over… Read more »

Priti Patel makes her first appearance on Question Time

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter    A first appearance on Question Time can be a daunting experience.  For Priti Patel,… Read more »

Priti Patel, Philip Davies and Andrew Turner support Guido’s campaign to bring back the death penalty

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The blogger Guido Fawkes has launched a campaign to bring back the death penalty,… Read more »

Lansley under supported on front bench, but strongly supported from backbenches

by Paul Goodman This morning's reports of Andrew Lansley's Commons statement yesterday haven't missed that he was unsupported in the… Read more »

Tory backbenchers welcome the measures contained in the Welfare Reform Bill

By Jonathan Isaby Last month the Government published its ambitious Welfare Reform Bill and I wrote about it at the… Read more »