Boles is right to say that social justice means new homes. So let’s hope his localist housing plan pays off.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter The average age of a first-time home-buyer is now 35, compared to 28 ten… Read more »
An All-Women Cabinet of Conservative MPs
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. It is possible to imagine a Conservative Cabinet consisting only of men. Come to… Read more »
PMQs: Miliband shows his strategic weakness
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Ed Miliband could scarcely do otherwise than focus his questions on the bits of… Read more »
Compassionate conservatism from Grayling as he moves to cut re-offending
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Today is Chris Grayling's day to star in Downing Street grid – as the… Read more »
To make his family policy fair, the Chancellor should introduce transferable tax allowances in the coming budget
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. The most simple way to support couples with children, an established aim of the… Read more »
The Government must get the rhetoric right on welfare reform
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter One of the useful reminders of Lord Ashcroft's polling (read his latest reflection on ConHome… Read more »
Ten observations about Cameron and Clegg’s Mid-Term relaunch
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The PM and Deputy PM have just launched their mid-term review at a Number… Read more »
Lord Hill replaces Lord Strathclyde as Leader of the Lords
His resignation letter:
“We will continue to put political partisanship to one side to govern in the long-term interests of the country”
Written by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister – the full text of the foreword to the Coalition's mid-term… Read more »
The Conservatives and women – a week-long series on ConHome
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Margaret Thatcher understood the importance of the women's vote and this newspaper advert was… Read more »
Boris is (again) GQ’s most influential man in Britain (and nine other things you need to know about its list of top 100 men)
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Cover boy – Boris sporting a very nice silk and patriotic handkerchief in his… Read more »
The row over NHS treatment of the elderly shows up the limits of localism
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Last week, the Daily Mail reported that David Cameron intends to improve the treatment… Read more »
Cameron begins new year with defence of child benefit changes and promise of quicker deportation of likes of Abu Qatada
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Cameron appeared on BBC1 wearing a light blue shirt. It's the second time in… Read more »
A bumper list of 100 Coalition achievements
By Harry PhibbsFollow Harry on Twitter 1. 2,543 schools are now academies. In May 2010, there were just 203 academies, all… Read more »
Will Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham break (organic, non-fattening, nutritionally-balanced) bread together?
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter I was going to write a LeftWatch post about Andy Burnham’s new crusade against unhealthy… Read more »