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Posts Tagged: Whitehall

Nick Hargrave: How Downing Street should adapt to the new premiership – if either is to work at all

Governing is harder than campaigning – and doing so with next to no majority in an emerging constitutional crisis is another order altogether.

By Nick Hargrave | 20 July 2019 | 15 comments

Is the Official Secrets Act fit for purpose?

That newspapers may technically be open to proceedings over the Darroch cables highlights weaknesses in our legislation.

By Paul Goodman | 14 July 2019 | 108 comments

Daniel Hannan: For Brexit to work, power must be stripped from the quangocrats – and returned to people we elect

Over the past three years, we have seen large chunks of our bureaucracy – civil servants, quangocrats and other officials – working to frustrate the referendum result.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 10 July 2019 | 117 comments

Richard Chew: We need to professionalise the Special Advisers

They’re an easy target for criticism, but SpAds make all the difference to the Government’s performance and the Party’s prospects.

By Richard Chew | 27 June 2019 | 34 comments

Nick Hillman: Don’t be swayed by the outrage. Treating EU students like other non-British students makes sense.

There are real problems with the Government’s general approach to international students. But morally and economically, this decision is the right one.

By Nick Hillman | 30 April 2019 | 58 comments

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Leadsom is unbelievably rude to Clarke while Letwin leads a conservative revolution

The Leader of the House is as cloth-eared as Jeremy Corbyn when it comes to dealing with her own backbenchers.

By Andrew Gimson | 27 March 2019 | 47 comments

Richard Tice: Stop the betrayal of Brexit. Join us on the March to Leave.

This will be our last big chance to send a strong message to the people who are supposed to lead our country.

By Richard Tice | 10 March 2019 | 125 comments

The British economy has survived so many crises that it can surely survive Brexit

William Keegan’s memoir describes with ebullient good humour how he covered half a century of bad news.

By Andrew Gimson | 9 March 2019 | 83 comments

Nick Hargrave: A memo to the next Tory leader. How you govern will be no less important than why.

The cohort of future Conservative leadership candidates would do well to start thinking about the structure of the Number 10 they want to build.

By Nick Hargrave | 2 March 2019 | 17 comments

Howard Flight: Finding taxpayers better value for money

What is needed is professional, third party review and analysis of expenditure, department by department, cutting out duplication and waste.

By Lord Flight | 7 January 2019 | 29 comments

Iain Mansfield: We must recapture the commanding heights of society from the Left

It has secured an overwhelming dominance. Until or unless this changes, the Right may win elections – but to limited effect.

By Iain Mansfield | 4 November 2018 | 32 comments

Alex Morton: This week, Hammond’s Budget. Next year, the Spending Review. It must focus on gaining more growth.

The Treasury should not simply accept the growth figures given by the OBR, but seek to raise them.

By Alex Morton | 1 November 2018

Joel Charles: After May’s conference speech and Hammond’s Budget, opportunity must be our core objective

We have a habit of looking back at policy platforms pursued by previous Conservative Governments, and attempting to bring back popular policies like a poor Hollywood remake.

By Cllr Joel Charles | 31 October 2018 | 54 comments

Iain Dale: What was hung around May’s neck in this week’s 1922 meeting was… a garland

Plus: Chinese whispers, Whitehall moves – and a Budget that is set to target business rather than taxpayers.

By Iain Dale | 26 October 2018 | 101 comments

Daniel Hannan: The proposed Brexit terms represent a deal worse than either staying or leaving.

Frankly, any outcome – no deal, Norway, Canada, even the risk of a second referendum – would be better than what is currently on the table.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 17 October 2018 | 367 comments

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