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 first piece in our mini-series on reducing the deficit explores ideas from addressing ‘grey welfare’ to closing Whitehall departments.
As MPs, we have to react positively, optimistically and maturely as we try to make sense of the mandate given to us by the British people.
With the gap between disabled and non-disabled employment rates having worsened since 2010, it’s clear that urgent action is needed.
There are negative possibilities for the supply of jobs, positive ones for productivity – and a lot of variation across sections.
Sanctions have failed – help and rewards for going back to work are needed.
Past solutions have focused chiefly on economic solutions, but the the cultural and social dimensions have been neglected.
This fourth piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues she must build a fair market for all.