Voters want hope. If we cannot sound excited about a future Conservative government at conference, why should anyone else?
It shouldn’t be taboo to ask the question: is our health and welfare system too quick to write older people off?
It should be called the 25-year health plan because that is how long it has taken to write. It is simply a rip-off of Tony Blair and Alan Milburn’s year 2000 NHS plan, and with nothing new to say.
We cannot allow bad law to leave victims, often young women, exposed. That is why I have tabled an amendment to the Bill that would include spiking by a reckless act.
I have seen first-hand how precarious the balance is for non-NHS organisations providing health and care services. Raising NI employer contributions to strengthen our health system could, in fact, destabilise the very services that keep it afloat
Poor understanding of the new requirements could take a terrible toll on Tory membership. Here are some sensible ways to keep in touch with your activists.
The consent principle applies now – and we should beware of the potential effects on children of allowing no adequate period for reflection.
Behind the fond memories of a holiday to the coast lies a difficult reality – our coastal economies are being slowly choked, not for lack of talent or ambition, but by a government that doesn’t understand how they work.