Also: Ofcom deem UKIP a ‘major party’ in Wales; Murphy’s ratings slump as he fails to stop Labour collapse; and Crabb denies that Wales is underfunded.
The third piece in our series examines the four-way battle for the hearts and minds of voters in Wales.
Also: Brown calls for the nationalisation of unprofitable North Sea oil fields; and Northern Ireland braces for the bite of austerity.
Raised by a single mother on a council estate, and a devotee of social justice, the Welsh Secretary has been making waves.
The party’s position in Wales has recovered strongly since 1997, but evidence suggests that there remain barriers to further progress.
Also: Stormont flirts with disaster over budget deadlock; ‘Help to Buy’ sees Scotland run out of bricks; and BBC staff plan Commonwealth Games strike.
Stephen Crabb is Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire and a Government Whip. He has led Project Umubano since 2010. Ten years ago, British forces led by Brigadier (now General Sir) David Richards brought an end to the bloody civil war in Sierra Leone. Operation Palliser not only bears testament to successful British military intervention; […]
Stephen Crabb is MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire and a Government Whip. The Party is now recruiting volunteers for Project Umubano 2012 in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Now in its sixth year, Project Umubano is a truly remarkable expression of the Conservative Party’s core values: voluntarism, compassion, enterprise and an outward-focus. It is also combines a […]
Stephen Crabb MP is an Assistant Government Whip and is Leader of Project Umubano, the Conservative Party’s social action project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Overseas aid is quickly becoming something of a totem for those who want to avoid difficult budget decisions at home. In their eyes, whatever real or imagined pain arising from […]
Stephen Crabb has been MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire since 2005 and is an Assistant Government Whip. Since 2007, Project Umubano, the Conservative Party's Project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, has served as a powerful demonstration of the Party's commitment to social action and international development. We focus on teaching skills to provide long term sustainability, […]
Stephen Crabb has been MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire since 2005 and is an Assistant Government Whip. He is leading Project Umubano 2010. In 2007, 43 Conservative Party members, activists, MPs and staff travelled together to Rwanda to participate in the Conservative Party’s international social action project. They spent two weeks working as volunteers alongside communities […]
In the wake of the financial crisis Stephen Crabb MP asks if we should now abandon the UK’s ambitious overseas aid target. Stephen is a member of the House of Commons International Development Select Committee and chairs the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. The public finances were already constrained even before the onslaught of the […]
Stephen Crabb has bravely dissented from a report from the Commons’ International Development that calls for direct talks with the terrorists of Hamas. ConservativeHome congratulates him on his dissent and publishes this explanation from the MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire: Hamas is a violent and ruthless offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Rejection and destruction of […]
The question for you in this Open Letter is whether you will continue, develop and deepen that Conservative pledge to put human rights at the heart of foreign policy.