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Callum Price: We shouldn't just be focussed on 'growth' but on selling what a difference it'd make to individuals
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (593+ words) Callum Price is Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and a former Government special adviser." As voters head to the ballot box today, they will not be voting for overarching national strategies to fix our economy, such…...
"The problem is I'm not sure very many of us know exactly what it is local government really does"
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (49+ words) Our Editor talks to Talk Radio's Ian Collins about the local elections and why they are far too much about national issues The post "The problem is I'm not sure very many of us know exactly what it is local…...
Deborah Taylor: There are signs of Reform UK's declining momentum Leicestershire
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (712+ words) Cllr Deborah Taylor is the Leader of the Conservative Group on Leicestershire County Council. Reform UK has narrowly held the Narborough and Whetstone division of Leicestershire County Council following a closely fought by-election on Thursday 16 April, but the result has…...
Charles Amos: From the table tax to alcohol licensing, the state is spoiling fun in the sun
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (164+ words) Charles Amos is a Ph D student in political philosophy alongside working in the haulage industry. He writes The Musing Individualist Substack in his spare time. Recently I went to a pub in Witney and since it was such a…...
Thomas Griffin: Unlock the door and let young Britons use their own pension to buy their first home
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (99+ words) Thomas Griffin is Global Ambassador for the Conservative Policy Forum and Zurich Representative for Conservatives Abroad. The debate about housing affordability in Britain has a peculiar quality: it identifies the problem with precision and then reaches for solutions that do…...
Honestly, what's it all for? Do we really understand what local government is about?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (647+ words) I just want to get past Friday. I'm fed up with the whole thing!" But it wasn't any of them. There is, as within many an industry, a sort of loose camaraderie amongst political journalists and commentators, where whilst they…...
Miriam Cates: Boris Johnson is very clever and very wrong
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (565+ words) Miriam Cates is a presenter on GBNews and the former MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge. Last week, Johnson's innumeracy struck again, this time leaving him struggling to grasp the implications of falling global birth rates." Writing in the Daily Mail…...
Kashmir Purewal: Why work experience should be part of our children's education
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (815+ words) Something peculiar has happened in English education. We have spent years arguing about curriculum rigor, standards, and discipline, yet we have quietly allowed one of the most formative influences on young people to drift out of the system altogether, real…...
Harrison Layden-Fritz: The moral case for Conservatism
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (670+ words) Harrison Layden-Fritz is a Conservative campaigner and political writer. A centre-right free marketeer, he is passionate about restoring opportunity for the next generation and the renewal of Conservatism. The Left is awake and we must respond. The essential foundation of…...
Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy - why Reform's detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (764+ words) Rick Moore is the Deputy Chairman, Political, of Blackburn Conservatives. I want to deport every single illegal immigrant in Britain. I want a firm border. I want a government that takes the rule of law seriously when it comes to…...