Rachel Reeves is no Margaret Thatcher
The Labour party has no intention of shrinking the state. Top-down economic control is anathema to Thatcherism
The Labour party has no intention of shrinking the state. Top-down economic control is anathema to Thatcherism
The London Mayor is running the city as his own personal fiefdom. Conservatives must unite to stop him
Regardless of the election results, the Russian leader was never going to relinquish power
The Government should take up Liz Truss’s important Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill
There should be nothing controversial about the government telling councils to consult over speed limits and low traffic neighbourhoods
Threats against MPs are intolerable. There is much more work to do to defeat the extremists
A new First Minister is unlikely to do anything to revive Wales
The growing number of Britons receiving welfare payments is placing unsustainable pressure on the public purse
As America turns inward and the wider world loses interest, it should be clear to all that this is now a European fight
The healthcare service is directing resources towards lowering its carbon footprint. They could be put to better use
The Communities Secretary has taken a necessary step towards ending the division that is tearing our society apart
Foreign governments should not own British newspapers. Our Government seems to be listening
A Bill could unlock permissions for 150,000 homes and has almost unanimous support on the Tory benches. So why doesn’t the Government act?
The Government has left our energy sector in a muddle
Those who feared Brexit would leave Britain isolated can rest assured that there are other, older ties beyond Europe
Unless the Conservative Party gets a grip on immigration, the advance of Reform will be hard to hold back
As the latest referendum in Ireland has shown, people don’t like being told what to think by their elites
The suggestion Ukraine should have the ‘courage of the white flag’ may not land well in a nation which has been invaded and lost thousands
The chair of the EHRC has proved a stalwart defender of British values
We must build up our nation’s defences to help deter the bloody ambitions of the new axis of autocratic regimes
Only criminals gain if the police are afraid to do their jobs
The First Minister overrode official advice to instruct the Scottish government to pay £250,000 to controversial UNRWA
Either the warnings about a more dangerous world are being exaggerated, or our armed forces are underprepared
Meaningful reform would redefine what the public sector does and turn over more services to the private and voluntary sectors
We will discover in the coming days and weeks whether Mr Hunt’s Budget has won the electorate over
International organisations that purport to stand up for women’s rights must denounce sexual violence wherever it arises
The Government must be very careful as to how extremism is defined if it is to avoid targeting legitimate opinion
Olaf Scholz must give Ukraine the Taurus long-range missiles it urgently needs
Anyone who has had their home violated will know the trauma involved, even if the loss of property is small
Jeremy Hunt now finds himself a prisoner of forecasts which may turn out to be wrong
Those demanding a ceasefire must answer a key question: will the terrorists be allowed to survive and regroup to organise another atrocity?
The Government’s strategy to shut down contact with certain groups will only succeed if all public bodies follow this mandate