by Jason Tyler | 21st August 2019 | General, Politics
Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary, has pledged that free schools will be at the heart of education policy. In terms of the numbers, the growth of free schools has been strong. There are now 444 of them. There are hundreds more in the pipeline. But the mission...
by Jason Tyler | 20th August 2019 | General, Politics
Virginia Crosbie is Director of Women2Win, Deputy Chair of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives and the Conservative Policy Forum’s Champion for Social Mobility. Losing the women’s vote – a trend or a one off? In 2017, for the first time ever, a...
by Jason Tyler | 20th August 2019 | General, Politics
Johnson presents EU with his demands “Boris Johnson has told Brussels that the backstop must be scrapped because it is “anti-democratic” and would undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland. In a letter to Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, the prime...
by Jason Tyler | 20th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
We are ready to work with our friends and partners to get a deal. But if you want a good deal for the UK, you must simultaneously get ready to come out without one. #LeaveOct31 pic.twitter.com/cxv5ughZ27 — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) August 20,...
by Jason Tyler | 20th August 2019 | General, Immigration, Politics
We have been here before – at least, in a manner of speaking. In 1989, the then Conservative Government granted British citizenship to some 250,000 people from Hong Kong. There was a paradox to the decision: Ministers’ intention was not that they should...
by Jason Tyler | 20th August 2019 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Dear Donald, United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union The date of the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU), 31 October, is fast approaching. I very much hope that we will be leaving with a deal. You have my personal commitment that...
