Tories to scrap NHS targets and give more freedom to doctors
Most newspapers cover the Conservative plans to scrap the complex system of targets with which Gordon Brown has attempted to… Read more »
Defence spending is lowest since 1930
The Daily Telegraph leads with a Conservative analysis that defence expenditure is at its lowest level since the 1930s as… Read more »
Cameron “relaxed” about medical use of cannabis if scientists make the case
The Sunday Mirror has reported that David Cameron is "relaxed" about licensing cannabis for medical purposes if the scientific evidence… Read more »
Aftermath of the Scotland visit
The Shadow Cabinet’s flying visit to Scotland has sparked a host of comments highlighting just how long the road is… Read more »
The Party needs a positive image too
A MORI poll for The Sun shows that Cameron is liked more than Brown on a personal level, but that… Read more »
Another Newsnight triumph of partiality
I’m just watching Newsnight and I have a little quiz for you. The following two political stories were covered. One… Read more »
Rifkind welcomes defections to UKIP
In an article for the House Magazine (not yet online) Sir Malcolm Rifkind sees benefits for the Conservative Party from… Read more »
Swire avoids the tough questions on the BBC
Yesterday the BBC received a guarantee of future income that most commercial broadcasters would give their right arms for. Tory… Read more »
ConservativeHome TV discusses the Tory challenge in the north and Liam Fox’s performance
Click here to watch or listen to the latest edition of ConservativeHome TV. Sam Coates and Tim Montgomerie host a… Read more »
Northern regions to get more autonomy from CCHQ
The Conservative Party is changing the way it is organised so that the Northern regions have more autonomy to set… Read more »
Scottish Tories need clearer identity
The shadow cabinet meets in Edinburgh today and Annabel Goldie, Scottish Tory leader, will promise a £100m programme of drug… Read more »
PMQs: Cameron focuses again on Home Office incompetence
David Cameron asked why Home Office Minister Joan Ryan hadn’t been sacked following the overseas criminal offences failure. Ministers should… Read more »
Tory ‘northern problem’ underlined by YouGov poll of Yorkshire voters
A YouGov opinion poll reported in the Yorkshire Post – and paid for by Eurosceptic businessman Paul Sykes – shows… Read more »
David Cameron has another go at explaining his big idea: Social responsibility
Writing in The Guardian Jonathan Freedland lists some objections to the Tory leader’s social responsibility mission. Comparing Britain with America… Read more »
How leaving one Union might affect membership of another…
Today’s 300th anniversary of The Union is being marked with a special £2 coin but very little else. A poll… Read more »