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Alex Chalk, James Sunderland, Tobias Ellwood, Professor John Louth and Dr Sarah Ingham discussed procurement at our event yesterday.
The Defence Secretary said “the real battle for defence” will come in the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2024-25, and “I’m not sure I’ll be here in two years”.
And, as with yesterday, Truss came second in our survey, this time for her speech on the “Fight for Fairness”.
The Prime Minister has also chosen not to tinker with the whips, in contrast to the habit of both his predecessors.
The Tories and Liberal Democrats face off over a relatively small field of competitive seats, whilst an Independent seeks an upset in East Devon.
Saving our planet will require a very eclectic bunch of policies. The task calls for moral courage and grinding common-sense.
Several Ministers helped to see off the Government’s best hope of avoiding a full-on crisis in the Party – and perhaps of saving Brexit too.
Onward, FREER, the revitalised CPS. The Tory MPs involved in all these will have to take some risks if they’re to get off the groumd.
With young people spending ever-more time online, the owners of these platforms must take responsibility for making them safe.
Bland, uniform national messaging failed just as hard online as it did on the ground. The Party is playing catch-up, and must get it right.
We open a ConservativeHome series, which will run each Monday during the election campaign, on the key contests in each region
Alex Chalk and Tania Mathias were the only MPs to vote against the Government on the Lords’ amendment.
Others applauded him for “straight-talking” and argued the proposal was about silencing concerns about immigration.
We need our own local champions campaigning on local issues. As their campaign strategy says: you win where you work.