What about some green tax cuts?
VAT on restoring derelict homes should be cut
Cameron’s struggle to reduce EU red tape shows how tricky renegotiating membership will be
European Commission President Jose Manuel Borroso agrees there should be some limit the number of new regulations coming out of Brussels. Well whoopie doo.
A day to acknowledge the good work of George Osborne
Views of the Chancellor tend to be black-and-white. The truth is more nuanced – but he has consistently been on the right side of the big arguments in government.
The best and the worst of John Major
The latter’s ordinariness was an electoral asset in 1992. But he is not, as Margaret Thatcher was, strategically minded.
The Lib Dems have been kind enough to give us that public row over green taxes – but will they buckle?
Clegg has no desire to become infamous as the man who blocked a cut to everyone’s energy bills.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: The Prime Minister underestimated Miliband, and was badly stung for his mistake
This was a defeat that Cameron deserved – and a defeat that he must learn from.
A month after Miliband’s energy speech, Cameron plans to “roll back” green taxes – let’s hope he does it soon
Like peeling off a sticking plaster, u-turns are best done quickly – dragging it out will only prolong the pain.
Boris should stand for the Commons in 2015
A return to Parliament may have a downside for Boris, but it would be all upside for everyone else – in the Conservative Party, at any rate.
Sir Nicholas Macpherson’s words underline it: public sector pay is a growing concern
About £180 billion is spent on remunerating public sector workers each year. Any deficit reduction needs to take that number into consideration.
The Lobbying Bill is still a bad law – so much so that Left and Right are uniting against it
We may not agree with the left, but we support each others’ right to campaign freely.
Nuclear power: the Government plumps for trying to keep the lights on
Ministers are trying to keep at least three balls in the air at the time – national security, fending off power cuts and keeping costs for consumers down.
What kind of tax cut is most likely to help win Bolton West?
The thinking aloud of the Policy Board members about tax thresholds highlights a choice that the Party may have to make before 2015.
Osborne says Britain can do better than this
Daily Telegraph interview will help resist the charge of complacency
The end of Right Minds?
Right Minds was set up as a rival to Telegraph Blogs. It’s a rare instance of the Mail attempting a project that hasn’t succeeded.
The Sun turns up the heat on green taxes
With a mass petition calling for tax cuts to control the cost of living, how long will the Government delay?