Harriett Baldwin is the MP for West Worcestershire. Prior to entering parliament, she worked for JP Morgan for over 20 years. Natalie Elphicke is a non-executive director of a leading building society and a published policy writer on housing and housing finance with Policy Exchange and the Centre for Policy Studies. She was the first […]
Harriett Baldwin is the Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Follow Harriett on Twitter. Warren Buffett, the ‘Sage of Omaha’ and the world’s third richest man, knows a thing or two about economics and wealth creation. He made his $44 billion fortune from scratch by investing […]
Harriett Baldwin is the Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. We hear a lot about austerity Britain at the moment and this week we heard about drought in South East England. And yet we take it for granted that if we turn on a tap, […]
Seven Conservative MPs have teamed up with the Centre for Policy Studies and ConHome to propose ideas to turbo charge the UK economy. Yesterday Karen Bradley recommended a set of tax cuts. Today Harriett Baldwin outlines controversial reforms to welfare. Harriett Baldwin is MP for West Worcestershire and a member of the Work and Pensions […]
Harriett Baldwin is MP for West Worcestershire and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. I’ll start by declaring an interest. I’m a 51-year old woman, and so far in my working life I’ve seen my State Pension age rise from 60 to 65 and now, in the Pensions Bill, up to 66. […]
Harriett Baldwin is MP for West Worcestershire. Imagine if the May 5th national referendum on the Alternative Vote is carried by a majority of votes from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England votes No. Imagine if at the next General Election, no party wins an overall majority and a coalition is formed that relies on […]
Harriett Baldwin was elected MP for West Worcestershire at the general election. I drew Lucky Number 7 in the Private Member's Bill ballot and have chosen to tackle an issue that I think we need to resolve early in this Parliament. This is the so-called “West Lothian Question”, where MPs for Scottish constituencies can vote […]
This morning we posted the Budget hopes of ConservativeHome's expert panel of political figures and commentators in their respective areas of interest or expertise. Did Alistair Darling deliver what they hoped for? Their responses will be posted during the course of the afternoon. 5pm Jill Kirby, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, on The […]
In advance of today's Budget, ConservativeHome assembled an expert panel of political figures and commentators to outline what they hope to see from today's Budget in their area of interest or expertise. Their thoughts are below and once Alistair Darling has delivered the Budget, we will post their reactions here on Platform later this afternoon. […]
Harriett Baldwin is the Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Follow Harriett on Twitter. Extreme poverty has been halved in the world since 1990. The number of children who die needlessly each year has fallen from 12 million to under 7 million. Britain's international aid has played […]