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Posts Tagged: Teesside

Richard Holden: This spring’s local elections. For levelling-up to work, we need local councils and leaders who back it.

The sad truth is that many local Labour councils and local bureaucracies don’t want it: they’re scared of it.

By Richard Holden MP | 29 March 2021

The Budget. Sunak’s strong message that operation “level up” is under way.

The Government got “Brexit done” – and now wants to deliver on its pledge to spread “opportunity across the whole United Kingdom”.

By Charlotte Gill | 4 March 2021

Ben Houchen: The Budget. On Wednesday, Sunak must hear the voice of the North – and kickstart a new era of job creation.

The “Red Wall” communities in my area overwhelmingly backed Johnson in the last election, and it’s essential that the faith they put in him is returned.

By Ben Houchen | 26 February 2021

Is Johnson under-promising on opening-up in order to over-deliver?

What a bracing springboard it would be to bounce into the local elections with normality returning faster than expected.

By Paul Goodman | 22 February 2021

Jonathan Werran: The Union and the English question. The answer is to let a hundred localist flowers bloom

The first in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.

By Jonathan Werran | 22 February 2021 | 2 comments

Robert Largan: Cutting Council Tax would do more to level up than cutting Corporation Tax

We need to look seriously at how our tax system works and whether the burden is spread fairly across the whole country.

By Robert Largan | 18 January 2021 | 27 comments

Richard Holden: This week’s spending review must show voters in Red Wall seats like mine that they were right to trust us

It’s vital that on education, policing and infrastructure, as much clarity is given as possible to departments as possible in terms of long-term funding.

By Richard Holden MP | 23 November 2020 | 45 comments

Dean Godson: It’s easier for the right to move left on economics than for the left to move right on culture. That’s a plus for Johnson.

The sixth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

By Dean Godson | 21 November 2020 | 17 comments

The wind of Biden’s change is blowing through Johnson’s Government

America’s result is having knock-on effects in Downing Street: see yesterday’s green speech and today’s defence news.

By Paul Goodman | 19 November 2020 | 98 comments

The fullest account yet written of Sunak the rising star

Tories will read the story of his ascent to high office with enormous pleasure – for it amounts to a vindication of the United Kingdom.

By Andrew Gimson | 14 November 2020 | 19 comments

Guy Opperman: We are making your pension safer, better and greener. Here’s how.

Our new Pensions Bill will cracking down on bad pension bosses, utilising new technology to put the consumer in charge, and help us get to Net Zero.

By Guy Opperman MP | 7 October 2020 | 16 comments

Neil O’Brien: Introducing the new Levelling Up Taskforce – and its first report on how we can measure progress

So how do we get more good, high-paying jobs into poorer areas? One specific opportunity relevant in a lot of Red Wall seats is advanced manufacturing.

By Neil O Brien MP | 7 September 2020 | 61 comments

Richard Holden: A call to CCHQ. Spare no effort to help us consolidate our breakthrough in the North East during next year’s elections.

I’ve noticed in my constituency that, to parts of the community, I am a disruption to the local natural order.

By Richard Holden MP | 11 May 2020 | 5 comments

Alan Mak: Conservatism 4.0 – We must ensure that no-one is left behind by the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The second article in a three-part series explaining why adapting to a society and economy shaped by technology is key.

By Alan Mak MP | 5 June 2019 | 14 comments

Simon Clarke: The UK is well-placed to lead the world in the fight against climate change

We have the technology. Being a world leader in carbon capture and storage attractive can make us a destination for inward investment in clean energy.

By Simon Clarke MP | 13 October 2018 | 33 comments

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