Rather than an ideological approach, these four ideals – pragmatism, stewardship, One Nation and empowerment – should be the foundations of Conservative economic policy.
The effect of benefit policy changes on the incomes of working-age adults and children since 2010 has been an average loss of £375 per year compared with a boost to pensioners of £510 per year.
Housing First is essential but not sufficient – if there are as many non-UK nationals sleeping on the streets post-Covid as before.
In order to render the NHS proof against future pandemics, and resolve the social care crisis, he needs to learn from Beveridge.
Some form of the scheme may be necessary as an expedient. But beware: nothing lasts so long as the temporary.
The Conservative Party has been at the forefront of reforms which have helped the disadvantaged. Modern history is full of evidence of this vital strain of conservatism.
Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.
Economically, it could be transformational, as it has been in Norway, which established its fund back in the early 1990s. It is now worth over a trillion dollars.
We must follow the example of Beveridge, Butler and Willink.
From Spain to Italy to America, parties of organised labour are in trouble. The blue collar base didn’t come out for them – and may not come out for Corbyn either.
Don’t let anyone fool you into believing that quitting the EU will make us any more prosperous or secure or influential.
Hagiographies of the post-war Labour Government are misplaced.
It was the wartime Minister for Health, the Conservative Party’s Sir Henry Willink, who actually published the 1944 White Paper in response titled ‘A National Health Service’.
History shows we have more to fear from collectivisation than the opposite. Nevertheless, individualism can go too far – and our own country would appear to be a prime example
The eight part of our series on reducing demand for government, in which we set out a programme for change – focused on families, civil society and government.