Group of Tory MPs recommend thirty policies to deliver growth in Britain’s key industrial sectors

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A number of Tory MPs led by Damian Collins have come together to propose a… Read more »

Sam Gyimah MP: Relaxing labour regulations is only one part of the package to create jobs

Sam Gyimah is the MP for East Surrey Business is back in the dock.  And the outright hostility to the… Read more »

Labour wouldn’t reverse the 50p cut, and all parties agreed it was temporary: Tory MPs note Labour’s opportunism

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Earlier this week I covered some of the Budget debate contributions from backbenchers. On Thursday,… 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 »

The Tory backbenches are bubbling away with new thinkers and new thinking

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter One of the most encouraging things about today's Conservative Party is the liveliness of the… Read more »

Sam Gyimah MP is challenged to live on benefits for a week

Sam Gyimah MP: The Chancellor should use credit easing to change the lending landscape for British business

Sam Gyimah is the Member of Parliament for Surrey East. In troubled economic times, effective Governments act boldly.  And with… Read more »

Ahead of this evening’s debate, Tory MPs rehearse the arguments for and against a referendum

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. This evening's backbench debate and vote on the possibility of a referendum on the… Read more »

Majority of the 50 most “cost-efficient” MPs are Conservatives

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The company Key Business Insight's "Commons Performance Cockpit" ranks MPs by their total cost… Read more »

Budget debate, day two

by Paul Goodman Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) returned to Labour's debt legacy – "The shadow Chancellor was wrong blindly to dismiss… Read more »

Conservative MPs line up to support Cameron on Libya – but he’s probed about the arms embargo

by Paul Goodman I list below every question asked by a Conservative MP yesterday in response to the Prime Minister's… Read more »

Sam Gyimah MP: We can give student protesters real power by giving them worthwhile degrees – but let’s stop all talk of limiting student numbers

Sam Gyimah is MP for Surrey East. Protest can be a powerful thing. The students marching on our streets should… Read more »

Tory MPs argue over whether increasing fees will discourage school leavers from going to university

By Jonathan Isaby One of the fears expressed by the six Tory rebels who voted against the Government on tuition… Read more »

Sam Gyimah and Lorraine Fullbrook use their maiden speeches to welcome the Government’s support for small businesses in the Budget

Sam Gyimah, the newly-elected MP for Surrey East, delivered his maiden speech on Monday during the Budget debate and welcome… Read more »