Davey’s Magna Carta, as he humbly described it, is supposedly designed to ‘enshrine the rights we have asserted over ...

Iran’s strike on Ras Laffan this week was not just an attack on Qatar, but on one of the most important energy hubs on the planet. In this extract from his book ‘Material Worl ...

On housing, Reeves was correct to identify Britain’s planning system as an obstacle to investment. Highlighting the reintroduction and raising of mandatory housing targets, opening up ‘grey belt’ land ...

The EU’s Green Deal was launched with great ambition. But ambition cannot replace realism. Without a reorientation, Europe risks continuing to combine high climate policy costs with weak climate ...

The BBC likes to present itself as a national institution that belongs to all of us. If that is true, it should be willing to live by the same rules as everyone else. Right now, i ...

The debate over inheritance tax is not a new one. Some Roman Emperors levied a form of it, and the concept was first implemented in Britain in 1694. David Cameron and George Osbor ...

Offering employers £3,000 to take on young people will achieve nothing The Government must permanently reverse the job-destroying measures it has introduced Brace yourself for spurious claims that the ...

This week’s edition of Nimby Watch comes from the one-time spa town of Epsom – famous for its salts and for its clocktower.

We need a government that understands the difference between taxing a business and dismantling a community The state is funnelling cash into rural areas to address isolation while killing the ...

Nearly three years ago I launched Next Gen Tories (NGT), a pressure group to focus the Conservative Party on winning back voters under the age of 45. For too long, the Conservativ ...

To get us back on track, Reeves is going to negotiate with the EU a deal which would require us to align with the bloc’s regulatory regime. In return, the Chancellor promises untold growth and ...

That’s a dramatic increase. But it’s not a surprise. The British have become used to being asked to pay ever more in tax for the NHS. Yet when they really need it, there is a waiting list. So they pay ...