The question is whether the Government can negotiate enough bilateral deals to solve the problem, or has to rely on the Rwanda scheme.
“As I understand it, this unit within the Cabinet Office did not monitor specific individuals… we believe in free speech, as a government.”
Robert Jenrick says that high net immigration puts pressure on services and discourages investment in innovation and British workers.
However, he stresses that it’s “relatively early days” when pressed on what has happened to all the others.
Not long ago, socialist politicians denounced the easing of planning restrictions as a “developer’s charter.”
The Commissioners have restored good order. But they have failed to tackle profligate municipal spending and the high Council Tax burden on residents that results from it.
There is a good case for stronger regulation, perhaps even abolition. But a one-sided view of the rights and obligations of property isn’t it.
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In England and Wales the average house cost 3.5 times average earnings in 1997, but 9.1 times earnings last year. In London it’s about 14 times. Prices in England rose 9.4 per cent last year.
I called recently for the Cabinet to tell Johnson that the game is up, and Dowden’s resignation is the closest that any of them have got.
This week will see Conservative Friends of Ukraine’s inaugural Conference Reception in Birmingham – a vital opportunity for our party to rally behind Ukraine once more.