We give you divorce reform, abortion law in Northern Ireland, citizenship rights for three million Hong Kongers, and the rainbow flag.
The Ministry of Defence owns 600,000 acres – that is equivalent to the size of Surrey. In Bicester, it is selling 560 acres.
The association will select the second female candidate for a Conservative-held seat this week.
Amid a flurry of ideological theories, we shouldn’t ignore the mundane realities of life.
The question for you in this Open Letter is whether you will continue, develop and deepen that Conservative pledge to put human rights at the heart of foreign policy.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The Daily Mail this morning reports on the 118 Conservative MPs who have written to constituents indicating their opposition to gay marriage proposals. The Mail says "Their opposition has been expressed in letters and emails sent to constituents who have contacted them with their own concerns", and points out that […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Justine Greening is getting a lot of public advice at the moment. After seven years in which Tory aid policy has been shaped by Andrew Mitchell – five years in opposition, two years in government – there's a sense that the new Development Secretary might embark upon a new […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Hansard records the exchange as follows: Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove): Today is the 80th birthday of the Oxford Professor of Poetry, Professor Sir Geoffrey Hill, our greatest living poet. I […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Congratulations to Sir Tony Baldry, the Member of Parliament for Banbury since 1983, who has been given a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List this year "for public and political service". Sir Tony was PPS to Lynda Chalker and John Wakeham from 1985 to 1990, both Leaders of the […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter I would be suprised by Fleet Street's unanimous hostility to the Queen's Speech were it not, first, for Leveson (which the papers will never forgive) and, second, for the impasse between the Coalition partners on growth measures. The situation is too urgent to afford Vince Cable's lack of oomph. […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Yesterday in Parliament – the first time the House has sat for a few weeks – Michael Gove answered Education Questions. These are probably the most enjoyable questions session in Parliament at the moment – as one would expect, given the wit Mr Gove brings to the Chamber. The first […]
Bob Neil re-presents it for Second Reading today. Here are extracts from its Second Reading last time round