Childcare rules on Universal Credit are keeping single parents out of work February 24, 2023 If Rishi Sunak wants a balanced budget to put life back into Britain’s workforce, he needs to help single mothers on welfare back to work.
The debacle over a Kensington cycle lane shows us how badly we need good infrastructure February 24, 2023 What a local war over a cycle lane on High Street Kensington told us about Britain’s infrastructure.
Explainer: If the middle class can’t afford electric cars, what about everyone else? February 23, 2023 Green innovation always had one big problem to grapple with: affordability. Healthy, organic food is great, but not as long as it’s affordable only for the privileged few clients of Planet Organic. A pair of sustainable socks can cost you up to £30. This is not to say that those who can afford to make [...]
The Conservative morality of Kate Forbes will never lead Sturgeon’s party February 23, 2023 People who oppose Kate Forbes' leadership are not intolerant, just realistic. A social conservative can't lead a socially liberal party, in the same way a pro-European can't lead Eurosceptics, writes Will Cooling
Let’s be honest, American taxpayers are doing us a huge favour with green subsidies February 23, 2023 US President Joe Biden might think playing a trade war with the EU over green subsidies is a good idea. For our part, the UK should stay out of it and reap the benefits, writes Harrison Griffiths
We didn’t know it, but it was 2015 not 2008 that changed the housing market forever February 23, 2023 2015 was the year when the "demand and supply" argument in housing was won and lost. Supply won the argument, because in order to build more, we have to drive more affordability first, writes Giles Mackay
Explainer: Why Tony Blair and William Hague are calling for digital ID cards February 22, 2023 There are rare instances where the political divide narrows and people of opposite political colours come together and agree. Today is one of those days, as Tony Blair and William Hague join forces to urge the government to introduce digital ID. Blair and Hague are old-time frenemies. They faced each other at the ballot box [...]
PMQs sketch: Starmer stands up for the Tory backbenches February 22, 2023 As Rishi Sunak tries to keep unity together in Northern Ireland - and build some on the Conservative backbenches and Starmer prepares to unveil the Five Missions no one asked for, Sascha O’Sullivan on today’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Britain’s out-of-touch police need an information system that wasn’t alive in the 1970s February 22, 2023 The police are doing the best they can - but it won't be enough as long as they're obliged to operate with an information system that's completely outdated, writes Rosie Beacon
Yoga for the many? Offering prices at a sliding scale relies on trust for profits February 22, 2023 Big pharma, hardly a stalwart of social equity, has been offering sliding scale payment for years and now purpose-driven businesses are trying to prove goodwill can pay the bills, writes Sascha O’Sullivan