I am looking forward to a debate with Daniel Zeichner tonight at the Marshall Society for Economics. We will each be speaking for 15 mins followed by a Q & A session. I will be stressing the importance of Conservative values of wealth creation, success, personal responsibility, low taxation and inspirational leadership. I do hope Read more

I can’t help feeling that Unions are stuck in a time warp. Once upon a time their role in helping to protect workers was not only desirable but essential. It is a fact that many industries were dangerous, badly run and lacked any sort of control in law. The industrial revolution brought about massive changes Read more

When I was the Leader of the Conservatives at Cambridgeshire County Council one of the hardest things to sort out was a fellow councillor, often a friend, always hardworking, who had made a serious error of judgement. Loyalties are always tested. But bad behaviour by any politician always ends up discrediting all politicians in the Read more

A 48 hour tube strike is set to begin in London later This strike is completely unjustified and unacceptable. It will hit hardworking people across the capital and cause serious disruption for businesses. This action is supported by just 30 per cent of the RMT’s membership- and what is more it is a strike about Read more

The Help to Work scheme – new intensive support to get the long-term unemployed into work – launches today A key part of our long-term economic plan is to move to full employment, making sure that everyone who can work is in work. We are seeing record levels of employment in Britain as more and Read more

According to the CBI, optimism in the manufacturing industry is at its highest level for 41 years and yesterday the Bank of England upgraded its growth forecasts for the first half of the year These latest figures are very good news – and are compelling evidence that our long-term economic plan is working. There is Read more