Perfect reading for Party Conference
On 9 October a letter from the Prime Minister was read out to the delegates attending the annual Conservative Party Conference held that year in Blackpool. The man...
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A successful CPF conference
Anyone who says that grassroots debate has disappeared from the heart of politics just needs to look at the Conservative Policy Forum, whose...
Read this entry » Bill Cash on John Bright
Anyone who picks up Bill Cash’s new book assuming that it will inevitably be about the European Union is in for a big surprise. There is...
Read this entry » Re-energising the UK’s medical science sector
The UK’s Life Science Sector generates over £50 billion per year in turnover and accounts for 165,000 jobs. With growth of 9.8% per annum...
Read this entry » A new history of our Party
A new, comprehensive history of our Party has just been published. It is a profoundly important book. Its author, Robin Harris, is a highly regarded...
Read this entry » CCHQ’s apprentice supports schemes
My name is Rachel Shackleton. I am 18 years old, I am from Kent and earlier this year I became the first ever Conservative Policy Forum (CPF)...
Read this entry » Raising breast cancer awareness
We can never tell when our lives may be touched by cancer and everyone has a relative or friend who has been diagnosed with the disease. Breast...
Read this entry » One-Nation Toryism in Manchester
In the second half of the nineteenth century politics in Manchester suddenly changed. What until then had been a mighty, unshakeable bastion...
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Introducing the Start-up Hub
We all know that small and start up businesses are part of the life blood of our economy and a key driver in growth. However, as well as talking about how government...
Read this entry »Freeing Britain’s entrepreneurs
On Thursday, I caught the Entrepreneur’s Express North to the MADE Festival in Sheffield. Both the train, and later the festival itself, were full of bright,...
Read this entry »We are firmly on the right track at the MoD
It’s been a tumultuous year at MoD but as the ministerial team looks back on what’s been achieved, we all feel we’ve laid the foundations for a...
Read this entry »The work of an MP over recess
A recess is defined as the “temporary cessation of the activities of an engagement, occupation or pursuit”. Well, having now seen a year’s worth...
Read this entry »Using technology to fight crime
I was brought into the Government last year to be the victims’ voice in Parliament and champion active and safer neighbourhoods. Amid the smouldering wreckage...
Read this entry »Experiencing National Citizens Service
In stark contrast to the youths running amok in our towns and cities, including my own town centre in Ealing, I spent a very inspiring morning just down the road...
Read this entry »Help us shape London’s future
In less than a year’s time the people of London go to the polls to vote for their Mayor again. Just three years ago I proudly remember how we stood shoulder...
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