He says that road haulage interests are trying to revive the pre-Brexit economy – but that the Government will stand firm for higher wages.
Within the party, policies of the free market feel old school – and the language associated with it even more so.
Train travel is vastly less polluting than road or air – yet at present the tax system penalises passengers.
Ministers cannot afford to focus on a few so-called priority areas – it will take bold and imaginative reform to deliver fairness for all.
It is only by embracing freedom and economic liberalism that we will make a real difference to those left behind.
“The state should target its help at protecting people against the catastrophic fear of losing everything to pay for the cost of their care”.
“We are determined to reform the social care system. No proposals have yet been published…I don’t want us to run ahead of ourselves.”
While by no means a silver bullet, there is a strong free market case for taxing emissions.
Most of the media coverage has been on the survey’s woke and anti-woke findings, but there was another important discovery.
Why should a Conservative want to create a ratchet effect that only ends up with higher rates?
It would raise funds from those who have amassed savings during lockdown, without resorting to punitive taxation.
The flaws in the current system can no longer be ignored. An Annual Proportional Property Tax would balance the scales.
Once inflation arises, reversing course is difficult. Businesses shut down or relocate, unemployment soars and we enter an economic contraction.
The centre isn’t where he or ConservativeHome or anyone else wants it to be. It’s where it is – “Far From Notting Hill”.
The country is approaching a competitiveness cliff-edge. The Government must change course before it’s too late.