nav-left cat-right
cat-right

David Cameron’s Video – Why Vote Conservative?

David Cameron’s Video – Why Vote Conse...

If you’re umming and aaahing about whether or not to vote Conservative at the next election, I hope this helps.
Read More
Conservatives Launch New IT Policy

Conservatives Launch New IT Policy...

It may not get most people excited but the government spends billions of pounds on new IT projects every year.  The good ones make our lives easier and the bad ones make our lives less free, less convienient and cost a fortune.  So it’s not reassuring to read that, “A recent study concluded that 70% of recent IT projects have failed – meaning tens of billions of pounds wasted on systems ranging from the...
Read More
Top Tories Back Derby

Top Tories Back Derby...

The visit last week of Ken Clarke (pictured left hosting a meeting with me), George Osborne and Lord Freud highlighted just how important my party think this City will be as we set about rescuing our country from the mess it has been landed in by Labour incompetence and profligacy.     The article below was published in The Derby Evening Telegraph on Sat 12 Dec. Tories’ Osborne and Clarke hail Derby’s...
Read More
Big Eric

Big Eric...

Last Thursday I was delighted to listen to the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles, discuss the future should the people of the United Kingdom elect a Conservative government. The thing that really delighted me was the passion with which he talked about being a party for everyone.  We cannot afford to be a party for the white middle classes.  Everyone has to see the benefit of a Conservative revolution. ...
Read More
Welfare and Pensions

Welfare and Pensions...

Our welfare policy paper sets out a radical programme of reform that will provide ladders of opportunity for millions of British people. It will be the biggest shake-up of the welfare state for 60 years: Every claimant potentially able to work will be engaged in welfare to work activities aimed at helping them back into work as quickly as possible For those unable to find work there’ll be long-term community...
Read More
International Development

International Development...

With billions of people around the world living in poverty, we have an urgent moral and practical imperative to make our international development policy more effective. Moral, because it is our responsibility to help those struggling with hunger, illiteracy and environmental instability. Practical, because failed and impoverished states are incubators of disease, insecurity, and extremism, and so represent a clear threat...
Read More
Housing

Housing...

We need more homes – but they must be built in a way that protects the environment and provides the infrastructure to support local communities. That’s why local people need to decide where new homes should go, instead of Whitehall bureaucrats. And that’s why we will use incentives to encourage new homes to be built, rather than letting unelected quangos impose unsustainable development on communities. Labour’s...
Read More
Economy

Economy...

Gordon Brown has left Britain’s economy ill-prepared for a downturn: he borrowed in a boom and left us with one of biggest budget deficits in the advanced world; he stripped the Bank of England of its powers to supervise the City; he actively encouraged the risk-taking culture in our banks; and he claimed to have abolished boom and bust. It is now vital that we restore stability to the British economy and responsibility...
Read More
Business

Business...

Our goal is simple: to make Britain the easiest and best place in the world to set up and grow a business. Under Labour, business has become increasingly burdened by corporate taxes, red tape and the lack of enterprise leadership in government. As a result, we are falling down the global scale of economic competitiveness. A Conservative Government would help businesses struggling in this recession by: Establishing...
Read More