Cameron is right to seek restrictions on free movement within the EU
The Chancellor’s decision will bring lasting economic benefits, new jobs and growth that would not be possible under Labour’s misguided plans.
We must be able to ease the pressure on our infrastructure and public services – and remove access to benefits.
Britain should be Europe’s best-placed country to benefit from the increase in prosperity and jobs that India’s economic growth will bring.
Whether it is on energy prices, education, the criminal justice system or industrial relations, Labour remains entrenched on the side of vested interests and unions.
As a matter of priority, extensions to the transitional controls on Romanian and Bulgarian need to be investigated. In ten weeks time, these will expire.
What we need to hear in the days ahead are policies based on our principles that draw a clear distinction between us and the other parties.
Priti Patel is MP for Witham, and an elected Member of the Conservative Party Board, the 1922 Committee’s Executive and the Public Administration Select Committee The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is meeting this week for their 2013 Congress. As usual, we will hear union leaders and delegates reel off the same old dogmatic speeches demanding […]
Priti Patel is MP for Witham, and an elected Member of the Conservative Party Board, the 1922 Committee’s Executive and the Public Administration Select Committee The recent anti-fracking protests in Balcombe have shown how parts of the green lobby and its eco-extremist followers have lost all interest in reason. Their dogmatic obsession with opposing efforts […]
Priti Patel is MP for Witham, and an elected Member of the Conservative Party Board, the 1922 Committee’s Executive and the Public Administration Select Committee The publication of the first six reports of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union has caused some initial concerns among those […]
Priti Patel is MP for Witham, and an elected Member of the Conservative Party Board, the 1922 Committee’s Executive and the Public Administration Select Committee The European Court of Human Rights’ ruling on life sentences was deeply disturbing and disgraceful. To have European judges demand that we scrap our system of life sentences and give […]
Too often, the trauma of a trial and the lack of proper support means people are effectively re-victimised by the justice system.