Reclaiming our great British tradition of decency and dignity for all should be the goal of all conservatives – and it will be popular with the public too.
To the voter the message is clear: the party has learnt nothing. It still cannot be trusted to deliver what voters, supporters and members expect it to deliver. It remains internally riven by an ideological divide.
The party would be wise to look again at the small print of child benefit changes set out last Spring and carried forward in their manifesto. Far from just being about rates and thresholds, if you look closely, it is here that the seeds of a more fundamental reset of the relationship between the state and parents were laid.
The unaffordable pensions triple lock has been sacralised, while the young were penalised by fiscal drag, the removal of universal child benefits, the two-child benefit limit, competition from immigrants, a failure to build enough homes and rising student loan costs.
She says it is very difficult “to lock down information my children should not be accessing” on smartphones.
Identifying information of the sort included in Ofcom’s draft guidance, including bank information and credit card records, would provide a magnet for hackers – and be less effective at protecting children than existing alternatives.
The internet is revolutionising the way we live and how we express ourselves, and influencing our culture, privacy, politics, and mental health. The benefits are enormous, but the wider hazards, for too long ignored, must now be addressed.
We would be putting power back into the hands of UK citizens, protecting their rights and privacy in an increasingly digital world.
According to government figures, 32 per cent of businesses and 24 per cent of charities have experienced breaches or attacks in the past 12 months.
More than 70 per cent of UK AI firms are based in London and we will soon boast Chat GPT’s first research and development base outside the US. We need to capitalise on these strong foundations.
Wider access to digital opportunities have expanded, particularly with regards to the rollout of fibre broadband and 4G. But our ambition to become a global tech superpower must benefit the entire country.
While Brexit may be a distant memory, it appears the UK has not given up the EU’s unfortunate proclivity to regulate at all costs.
Being a global hub for data centres is brings huge benefits to Ireland – but demand for power is growing much faster than the supply of clean energy.
This country hasn’t suddenly birthed a generation of bad boys. These children don’t feel they have a place in the world and without adults to turn to, they turned to their third parent: the internet.