Russia demands nerve agent as it defies May’s ultimatum “Russia has demanded Theresa May hands over samples of the Novichok used to poison a Russian spy before the Kremlin considers responding to her ultimatum. The British Prime Minister issued Vladimir Putin with a deadline – midnight last night – to answer questions about the poisoning outrage in Salisbury ten days ago […]
It is not that he dares to be dull, but that he cannot help being so. He has prudently turned it to his advantage.
We must rebalance Further and Higher Education, and ensure that those with most to gain from up-skilling actually get the opportunity to do so.
Conservatives have a proud record of social reform. I want to break down the barriers to people escaping poverty.
The ban is underpinned by a failure to understand essential differences between two distinct types of device. Pets and people suffer as a result.
The Chancellor dismisses the Opposition as “Eeyores” while declaring himself “positively tigger-like” about the prospects for the economy.
How have think-tanks, business organisations and campaign groups responded to the Chancellor’s fiscal and economic news?
Foreign policy is rarely at the centre of our politics, but the electorate are now likely to judge potential leaders in part on their stance towards the Kremlin.
Salisbury Attack 1) May gives Putin until midnight to explain the use of Russian poison ‘The Prime Minister said the facts increasingly suggested Russia was behind the apparent ‘hit’ on double-agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. Branding the attack a ‘reckless and despicable act’, Mrs May said the substance used was a ‘military grade’ agent Moscow […]
The British Government needs to show the same resolve as in 1971, when Sir Alec Douglas-Home threw 105 KGB agents out of London.
Why he believes Brexit will make life harder for Putin. Plus: Can Hammond hold course in today’s Spring Statement? And how does faith fit into public life?
After our recent series asked ‘What should Tories tax?’, the Adam Smith Institute’s Head of Research kicks off a new mini-series seeking routes to lower taxes.
Council committees lack independence. Local newspapers are sadly in decline. There is not the equivalent rigour to that provided by Parliament and the media nationally.
“We have led the way in securing tough sanctions against the Russian economy…We must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures.”
The second piece in our series on reducing taxes also argues that in the longer term we should seek to return to a two-rate Income Tax system.