There are many things that can be done to resist the tide. The first would be for ministers to make the philosophical case for where state responsibility ends, and personal responsibility starts.
For every new Universal Credit Claimant without enough savings to cover the five-week wait, we should start paying benefits at the same frequency as they were being paid in their previous job.
The first of a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about the most distinctive of the Prime Minister’s big aims.
Could more spending bring the economy back quicker? Wouldn’t it be more cost-effective to ensure public finances are on a sustainable footing?
We would like to hear from people under the age of 35 with an exciting idea or contribution to policy debate.
The third piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
His TUC account of the harm that some businesses can do should be balanced by one of the good that more do – and by projecting a personal theology of wealth creation.
My constituents would accept an appropriate level of tax but they resent being lectured by those for whom taxation can never be high enough.
It is little wonder that young people are turning away from the Right when they find it so difficult to make their way in the world.
Transport for the North can now set its own priorities and make its own plans – but Westminster must devolve more powers to allow it to reach its full potential.
This will mean that the Party must enter uncomfortable territory and embrace taxes on wealth and inheritance.
Gove’s proposals are a welcome first step, but a truly radical programme must have a much broader scope than jails alone.
This agenda has never been put to the electoral test, whilst the traditionalist strategy can be seen to have had limitations.
The nub of his case is that the long-term future of the Union is more important than this election campaign – which is, by its nature, short-term.
The Government needs to resist the clamour from ideological libertarians and give people the tools they need to lead healthy lives and address the culture of the nation towards food, activity, and looking after yourself, as they do in other healthier countries.