Perhaps the simplest way of putting it is: it’s all about economic credibility, stupid. Because come 2024, it certainly will be.
It’s not surprising that I do things differently, since I came to the role from a business background, rather than via the world of politics.
It’s welcome that we’re investing much more in services. But we need to tackle the causes too.
The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.
There may some ingenious halfway house solution. But it is hard to say how extending it for another year can be avoided.
We found over a million people excluded from the Government schemes are struggling to pay for food and everyday essentials.
This is not to say that all of Dodds’ analysis is coherent or correct, but the days of unhinged Corbynite attacks on capitalism are over.
The Prime Minster could do worse than dust down the Social Justice Outcomes Framework published by the Coalition Government.
Until Ministers have a clear direction in which to steer the ship of anti-poverty policy, they will be at the mercy of the passengers.
With Brexit done and vaccinations continuing, a major mission will be Johnson’s commitment to deliver levellling-up.
The present social contract was written when the number of taxpayers well outstripped the number of retirees. But times have changed.
It’s baffling why think-tanks are taking the OBR assessments as truth, given its prediction record.
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.
In the wake of International Women’s Day, the fourth article in a five-piece series on ConservativeHome this week.