The Harlow MP offers a solution to a complaint made by some of his fellow Conservative backbenchers.
Crunching the numbers from yesterday’s vote suggests conventional wisdom doesn’t quite match reality.
The consumer crusader from Harlow is breaking new ground for campaigning MPs.
We should stand up aggressively for competition and against monopoly, and remedy market failure in housing, banking and the privatised utilities.
The Eurosceptic MP for Witham (and ConservativeHome columnist) lands a fifth of the vote.
(Could there be a connection with his EU referendum bill?)
The kind of Tory Party that Cameron should have built is the one that is being set out by Robert Halfon on ConservativeHome this week.
Transparency in fuel pricing, cutting fuel duty and ensuring fair competition would do much to alleviate the cost of motoring.
Sajid Javid, Esther McVey. Nicky Morgan. Greg Hands – it’s turning out much as predicted. Women, Blue Collar Tories and Friends of George (not necessarily in that order).
“Achieving a Living Wage makes social sense, but it is important politically as well.”
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Further to Tim Montgomerie's report earlier this morning, Conservative MPs and others are asking whether the main driver of the move was the Liberal Democrats' desire to get Hayes out of DECC – though they will find Michael Fallon no pushover: the very opposite – or David Cameron's wish […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The MP who brought you campaigns on fuel duty and the 10p tax is now speaking out on another issue, although it is related to those other two. Using figures provided by the Treasury, Robert Halfon today points out that a fifth of income tax receipts go towards funding benefits […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter With the Budget less than a couple of weeks away, I thought it would be a good time to collect some of the recommendations being put to George Osborne by Tory parliamentarians. Of course, the parliamentarians listed below may want other measures too – and there may be other parliamentarians […]
My campaign on unfair charges is just the start of what must be full reform of this broken market.