It was standing room only at the Boston Brighton Tea Party organised by the Freedom Association early this evening at which Dan Hannan was guest speaker. He said that it was time to “bring sanity and order back to the public finances” an that had to be done by reducing expenditure rather than increasing taxes.
He [...]
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Dan Hannan calls for a return to sanity in the public finances and a revolutionary dispersal of power at the Brighton Tea Party
Conservatives hold last conference before the election
The Conservative Party has held the first day of its Spring Forum – the party’s last conference before the General Election.
George Osborne, William Hague and Andrew Lansley were amongst those addressing supporters in Brighton.
The Conservatives have also launched a leaflet setting out the choices facing people at this election.
Click here to download the leaflet (in PDF format), [...]
Grant Shapps: We must shout from the rooftops about our radical and progressive policies on housing and planning
By Grant Shapps MP, Shadow Housing MInister
Following the launch of the Planning Green Paper on Monday (which Caroline Spelman wrote about on ConHome yesterday) I bumped into a couple of national journalists – from either side of the political spectrum – who were raving about the progressive and radical ideas that had just been announced.
Both [...]
Prudential – Pension gap between men and women grows
LONDON, ENGLAND, February, 2010 / — According to new figures from the Prudential Class of 2010 retirement survey* women planning to retire in 2010 expect to receive an average annual pension of GBP12,169, while their male counterparts expect to collect an average pension of GBP19,593 – a pension gender gap of GBP7,424. And the pension [...]
How we cut Council Tax by 4%
David Burbage, Leader of Windsor Council,
January, 2010.
How we cut Council Tax by 4%
Our intention to deliver a lower council tax was made in our 2007 manifesto, which said we would aim to set a council tax increase under inflation each year.
Linking to September RPI guaranteed that pensioners in particular would end up being better off, [...]
SNP Say £34M Ensures Job Safety
The SNP once again naively thinks the EU will be the saviour of Scotland.
£34M whilst welcome, it is a very small amount of money.
Monies have been allocated to Glasgow Works, StARTworks, programmes in Dundee and Renfrewshire and 43 projects in the Highlands and Islands. Which projects in the Highlands & Islands I wonder?
Another Job creation [...]
Nick Clegg – Liberal Democrats – Four steps to a Fairer Britain
Today the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg outlined the principles behind the party’s General Election Manifesto.
Last week’s phoney election campaign was a depressing experience.
The other parties managed to produce a greatest hits compilation of almost everything that has turned people off politics.
Airbrushed posters, meaningless slogans.
All set against the spectacle of the Government turning [...]
Labour Government’s Growth Strategy
Labour’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson have launched the government’s growth strategy.
Building on the action taken over the last year in supporting the economy through the global downturn, the strategy sets out how Britain will take advantage of the opportunities open to the country.
Globalisation, technological change, climate change, natural resource pressure [...]
Labour’s recession hits manufacturing – Ken Clarke
Ken Clarke, the Shadow Business Secretary, has revealed that manufacturing output has declined by almost 13 per cent during Labour’s recession.
It has sunk to its lowest level since 1992, reversing the gains made under the Major Government.
Ken said that “manufacturing output was steadily rising during the last five years of the previous Conservative government and [...]