Underpinned by a guarantee of a real-terms increase at minimum, this would help to draw the poison from the issue – particular for Conservatives.
Brexit has transformed the context in which we plan our security. Commitments to our European neighbours and Global Britain require more money.
The new Defence Secretary’s rawness may make him more likely to dig in against the Treasury than otherwise – precisely because he has a point to prove.
The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.
It continues to clear the deficit, prepare for Brexit, and back our businesses with the support they need to boost productivity.
Let’s have Policy Board outside of the constraints of the Government machine – and a commission on what Britain should look like post-Brexit.
Given the resistance of Tory MPs to spending cuts and tax rises, Hammond’s easiest course would be to push any into the future. But this wouldn’t be problem-free…
The Chancellor needs to help deliver the sense of direction so strikingly absent in Manchester last month, and indeed since last June’s election.
The Social Market Foundation isn’t tied to any party. We’re centrists – our advice and ideas on offer to anyone who wants to put common sense ahead of ideology.
To reduce investment in infrastructure or R&D is to take away from the future – just as surely as running up unsustainable debt does.
At a time of budget cuts, mounting pressure, and waning deference to authority, officers deserve better than headlines like these.
“We need to talk about as a party what we look like after Brexit, and I hope that veterans’ care and being a party of defence means something.”
If the Government is serious about having this country be a ‘moral leader’, it must be more transparent about dealings which may compromise our values.
If part of the country can walk out on its responsibilities to the rest at any time, fundamental functions of the Union will cease to operate.
In a whole host of countries – Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland – A&E waiting times are typically under an hour.