Lloyd George introduced a non-contributory system – unlike the contributions-based proposal from Chamberlain – and its legacy endures today.
The case for Fox. He will ensure that promotion is based on merit – not upon which dinner party you attend. And he wants a directly-elected Party Chairman.
The former Work and Pensions Secretary has declared war on crony capitalism.
The Government should look at other family tax allowances to compensate, but the transferable allowance is the most obvious place to start.
We are making progress by working out how to build fences at the top of cliffs, instead of just sending ambulances when people fall.
It would be a tragedy if our reforming zeal and the important changes we are making became lost in a sea of negative internally-generated noise.
If yesterday’s accommodation had been reached last week, Duncan Smith wouldn’t have felt the need to resign in the first place.
More power and control must be devolved to Cabinet members if we are to see the improvement in the quality of government that is now plainly necessary.
Alongside his ally Ruth Davidson, single-mum-and-council-house-raised Crabb is also part of a new generation of blue collar Tories.
This zinger of a departure is about social justice as well as EU membership – and his farewell letter is a missile aimed at Osborne’s character and conduct.
“I am puzzled and disappointed that you have chosen to resign.”
I am unable to watch passively…fiscal self imposed restraints that I believe are more and more perceived as distinctly political rather than in the national economic interest.”
Sanctions have failed – help and rewards for going back to work are needed.
The Commons should not reject this Lords amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill.
Who wrote the chapter in the political rule book where it says you can’t care for folk and be a Tory?