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Interview with Douglas Ross: Sturgeon is not in the clear, and is part of a “conspiracy against getting out the truth”

The Scottish Conservative leader calls for devolution from Holyrood to local councils, and says he is looking forward to campaigning with Boris Johnson.

By Andrew Gimson and Paul Goodman | 24 March 2021

Robin Millar: The Shared Prosperity Fund will unleash Wales’ potential – and take back control from unaccountable bureaucrats

In two decades, Wales has become one of the most centralised states in Europe.

By Robin Millar MP | 3 February 2021 | 12 comments

Robert Halfon: Our national catchphrase this year is four simple words – “You are on mute”

Some of us have taken up central casting from The Truman Show – being ogled, googled, zoomed, teamed and even on the odd occasion ‘citrixed’.

By Robert Halfon MP | 16 December 2020 | 5 comments

Simon Baynes: Coronavirus has been devastating for people with dementia. National governments must do more to help.

I would urge them to work with clinical commissioning groups, local health boards and others to help the vulnerable recover.

By Simon Baynes | 8 December 2020 | 2 comments

Garvan Walshe: Gloomy Sturgeon projects competence. The Government doesn’t – and the Union may be the price it pays.

The Scottish leader has always tried to temper expectations about the country’s fight with Covid. This could pay off in an independence referendum.

By Garvan Walshe | 19 November 2020 | 41 comments

Stephen Crabb: Sunak must extend the uplift to Universal Credit – and make his intentions clear now

Number 10 should spot the political problem on the horizon and avoid it by having a clear plan.

By Stephen Crabb MP | 1 October 2020 | 15 comments

Radical: While political leaders hide from confrontation, activists are winning the war on self-identification

In the weeks before recess, trans rights activists became more vocal in their efforts to stop Truss’s reform of the Gender Recognition Act.

By Radical | 18 August 2020 | 93 comments

Profile: York – and its potential role as Parliament’s new home, a Johnson joke which could become serious

Hoyle and Fowler are deeply opposed to the move, but Labour voters in the North of England like the sound of it.

By Andrew Gimson | 22 July 2020 | 61 comments

Raghib Ali: Systemic classism, not racism. Why the main factor in health and educational inequalities is deprivation, not race.

There is now no overall ‘white privilege’ in health or education or overall ‘BAME disadvantage’. These categories are outdated and unhelpful.

By Dr Raghib Ali | 21 July 2020 | 15 comments

James Frayne: Ten errors that Conservatives must avoid making about the new working class voters who backed them last month

Listening to conversations in Westminster in recent days, I fear a number of misconceptions will drive bad decision-making.

By James Frayne | 21 January 2020 | 59 comments

“Get out of London.” Now watch Johnson and Cummings turn the country upside down. Or try to.

Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.

By Paul Goodman | 15 December 2019 | 245 comments

Jonathan Glanz: Allowing tents on the public highway is the wrong way to help rough sleepers

The individual beggars are often the victims of modern slavery. They account for their monies to their gang masters.

By Jonathan Glanz | 8 October 2019 | 23 comments

MPs praising the Speaker’s record ought to read the Cox Report on the bullying of Commons staff

A High Court judge recommended that Bercow leave his post in order to allow institutional reform to begin.

By Mark Wallace | 9 September 2019 | 81 comments

WATCH: Trump arrives at Downing Street for talks with May

The meeting, which will cover Huawei among other topics, is expected to be somewhat tense.

4 June 2019 | 31 comments

Jonathan Glanz: Short-term office rentals threaten community cohesion

People no longer buy coffee and a snack on their way into work, do not go out at lunchtime, and often stay in the premises late into the evening.

By Jonathan Glanz | 12 March 2019 | 2 comments

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