Curbing foreign students coming to the UK is a short-sighted act of self harm October 11, 2022 The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is a hard-liner on immigration just like her predecessor Priti Patel. Over the past weeks, she’s used each of her public appearances to show she’s willing to go further. She has a clear policy aim: bringing the net number of immigrants down. She sees migrants as one uniform group, so [...]
Sunak and Macron strike deal: Britain to pay France £500m in bid stop small boat Channel crossings March 10, 2023 Britain will pay France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up efforts to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel, Rishi Sunak has announced. The Prime Minister committed to sending Paris £478 million (541 million euro) to fund a new detention centre in France and hundreds of extra French [...]
Benefit cap punishes children for their parents’ choices July 24, 2024 If Labour are looking to make savings on the welfare bill, there are plenty of places other than the two-child benefit cap to look – starting with the pensions triple lock In a manifesto that was light on detail, two of Labour’s biggest promises were to adopt Conservative policies: on the fiscal rules and the [...]
Police get powers to end Just Stop Oil slow marching: ‘The public are sick of disruption’ June 14, 2023 Police are set to get controversial new powers to stop groups like Just Stop Oil holding ‘slow walking’ protests. Government measures to make it easier to tackle disruptive protests have been approved, after a bid by Greens in the House of Lords to kill off the law was defeated by 154 to 68. Cops will [...]
Year in review: Rogue ministers and fiscal headaches, how did Sunak do in 2023? December 27, 2023 As 2023 limps to an end, and Sunak nears the deadline for his "five pledges", Eliot Wilson takes a look at the year that was in UK politics.
Year in review: Rogue ministers and fiscal headaches, how did Sunak do in 2023? December 27, 2023 As 2023 comes to an end, Eliot Wilson takes a look back at the year that was in UK politics, from policy to scandal
Senior Tory David Davis urges Truss to not pack cabinet only with loyalists September 4, 2022 Liz Truss must install a cabinet of people from across her party’s factions to avoid Boris Johnson’s mistakes in office, senior Tory MP David Davis has said. The former Conservative cabinet minister said he was “slightly worried” the presumptive next PM will not reunite the party after a bruising leadership contest and will instead pack [...]
Letters: Going down with the ship July 18, 2022 [Re: Another one gone in Tory PM contest, July 15] It seems to me that choosing the next Tory leader could hardly be simpler. Johnson’s demise came about because he lied, lied and lied again. If you want honesty and reliability it’s logical to dismiss as unsuitable for leadership those who, pretty much daily, toured [...]
Chaos continues: Number 10 says fracking motion WAS vote of confidence and rebels face ‘disciplinary action’ October 20, 2022 Liz Truss sent a late-night memo to Tory MPs telling them Wednesday evening’s motion on fracking was confidence vote after all – and rebels “ can expect proportionate disciplinary action.” Number 10 sent the note just after 1.30am after confusion and anger dominated the vote in Commons last night, amid accusations of physical assaults and [...]
It’s about moderate control: politicians don’t seem to get the public view on migration October 13, 2022 Attitudes can be fickle, at the best of times. Sometimes they can even be contradictory, with people supporting apparently opposing positions at the same time. On immigration, this could not be more true. New research by Ipsos for British Future, which has tracked public opinion on immigration issues since 2015, found that the public feels [...]