The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.
Crosbie goes to the Health Department. Lewer to the Home Office. Allan to the Leader of the House of Commons.
Supporting the deal would also prevent several other things – such as the possibibility of a truly socialist government taking over.
Addressing this persistent under-representation is not political correctness, it is political common sense. Our Party would be the better for it.
We hope that Trudy Harrison’s tale on our site today, together with others coming this week, encourages women who may not have done so to think about it.
The first article in our new mini-series, in which female Conservative MPs share the stories of their journeys into politics, comes from the MP for Copeland.
The area has faced years of neglect from both establishment parties in Scotland, and that is why I was elected.
We are waiting for Labour to deliver their proposals. Because this should be too important an issue to become a political football.
Party members are united in their expectation that every Conservative MP must back the boundary reform proposals when they come to Parliament.
A winding road through the Cumbria countryside helps to show, with many others like it, that small improvements can help make big things happen.
The “People’s Army” is an unpopular party and an unattractive brand. They always have been, and Brexit has changed nothing.
The by-election winner becomes the first Conservative to represent the area since 1935.
We have introduced a legal target requiring tree canopy cover to reach 16.5 per cent of England’s land area by 2050. We are taking action for our woodlands through the landmark Environmental Improvement Plan.