Today, the Education Secretary will announce tough new GCSEs and A-levels in arts and creative subjects, enabling young people to have access to more high quality qualifications. For years Labour dumbed down the exams system and let grade inflation rip. They pretended constantly rising grades meant standards were improving, yet all the while we were… Read more

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday forecast that the UK economy will grow faster this year than any other G7 country. We welcome that the fact that the IMF has upgraded their growth forecasts for the UK this year by more than any other Western economy. This is proof that our long-term economic plan is… Read more

The issue of expenses and our Members of Parliament rumble on. As one MP caught in the spotlight resigns another is sure to follow. The system is flawed. What ever the rules say doesn’t seem to matter. The press want stories and it seems anything to do with expenses is fruitful territory. I took a… Read more

New analysis shows that Conservative action to freeze fuel duty will boost the economy by up to 0.5 per cent of GDP in the coming years. Under Labour’s plans, fuel duty would be going up this week, hitting people in their wallets. Because of action taken by the Conservatives, there was no rise. We have… Read more

On 1 April 2014, Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey told the parliamentary press gallery that Unite could stop funding Labour if it lost the next General Election on a ‘pale shade of austerity’. This was a clear threat that Labour must go into the election promising more borrowing, more spending and more taxes or face… Read more