The Conservative Party must not get locked into thinking that improving the efficiency of the public sector will make the sums add up either. We need to move away from ‘The Crisis Management State’ to ‘The Preventative State’.
Littering, fare-dodging, and shoplifting are minor offenses, but they undermine people’s sense of living in a safe, well-ordered public square.
A new ConHome series offering a very short introduction to some of those who are making or who have made an intellectual contribution to conservatism.
Gove is ready to localise as much either as he wants to or as his colleagues will let him, or both. I hope it’s work in progress.
The Faith New Deal Pilot Fund will encourage innovative partnership to thrive. We will achieve more through our common endeavours.
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Here is my five point plan.
The challenges over crime and poor transport links are quite different to those in urban areas. So are the solutions.
The appointment of O’Brien to lead the forthcoming levelling-up white paper shows real commitment to the agenda.
The moment calls for urgently aligning the agenda for devolution and decentralisation with that of growth and recovery.
He wrote Cameron’s “Hug a Hoody” speech, and during the Barnard Castle affair leapt to the defence of Cummings.
They have been handed a raw deal during the course of the pandemic. Investing in them is an investment in our future.
The first in a mini-series of pieces from the Centre for Social Justice on Covid-19 – and helping those in deep poverty.
We need a long-term poverty strategy and a Social Justice Cabinet Committee. And here’s a Christmas holiday plan for childrens’ food.
Ministers could not have handled the matter worse if they’d tried. But Paul Maynard, pictured, is championing a solution.
The eight part of our series on reducing demand for government, in which we set out a programme for change – focused on families, civil society and government.