Yesterday, ConservativeHome described Boris Johnson’s speech to the Munich Security Conference as “upbeat” – and so it was. “An industry of pessimism has thrived recently” at this regular event, he told his audience. “Let me...
Neil O’Brien: The NHS and jobs. Family and community. Indispensable means of boosting our mental health.
Neil O’Brien is co-Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Policy Board, and is MP for Harborough. “Man must either fall in love with Someone or Something, or else fall ill” – W.H.Auden Over recent decades more people have reported mental health problems. Between...
Jonathan Werran: The Union and the English question. The answer is to let a hundred localist flowers bloom
Jonathan Werran is Chief Executive of Localis The state of the Union and its survival against the threat of Scexit will likely be the only political story once the May elections are out of the way. This debate will, perhaps, exhaust and infuriate English patience even...
Abi Brown: In Stoke, we now have the freedom to decide our own procurement policy
Cllr Abi Brown is the Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Few words make the average council leader’s blood run colder than procurement. It sounds clinical, technical, and is often the bad guy in the room, blamed for why things can’t be done easily. The reality...
Calling Conservatives: New public appointments announced. Chair of the UK-Wide Infrastructure Bank – and more
Eight years ago, the TaxPayers’ Alliance reported that “in the last year, five times more Labour people were appointed to public bodies than Tories”. It currently reports that almost half of avowedly political appointees last year owed their...
WATCH: “People can make up their own view about whether I should have told my team to stop buying PPE”, Hancock tells Marr.
#Marr asks Health Secretary Matt Hancock if he would apologise for acting unlawfully over not revealing Covid pandemic contracts within a 30 day periodhttps://t.co/7MmEcui7Xd pic.twitter.com/mwQdFKF9kz — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 21, 2021
WATCH: Lammy – “it’s bizarre that the Government didn’t use last week to vaccinate teachers”
"We want children back in schools by March 8 if it can be done safely. That’s the ambition," says Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy#Marr https://t.co/FFnDTXz29X pic.twitter.com/XwGHLgdgrv — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 21, 2021
WATCH: “I think people should get angry” with the Government, says John McDonnell
"I am angry, people are suffering." Former Shadow Chancellor @johnmcdonnellMP says it is "time to hold this govt to account" over their handling of the pandemic – and accuses the government of having a "VIP route" for its COVID...
WATCH: Hague – After restrictions are lifted, “there has to be a deal” between the Government and citizens for testing measures
Former Tory leader and ex-Foreign Secretary William Hague tells #Ridge there “wouldn’t be much justification for keeping most of the restrictions on people” once the over-50s have had the #COVID19 vaccine and the number of cases are low.#Ridge https://t.co/5Xalo8aH8u...
WATCH: Covid contracts are “a real cause for concern”, but I don’t want the Health Secretary to resign, says Starmer
'Should @MattHancock resign?' – #Ridge@Keir_Starmer says he doesn't want to call for the health secretary's resignation after a court ruled he "acted unlawfully" when his department did not reveal details of contracts it had signed...
