The Conservatives can’t keep protecting the pensions triple lock at all costs August 18, 2023 For years, the Conservatives have refused to budge on the pensions triple lock, even as the cost of it threatens to blow out to £147bn, writes Adam Hawksbee.
Maybe Sunak was right – we should change how we invest in poor rural areas August 15, 2023 The government's approach to investment focuses too much on poverty and not enough on opportunities. Rishi Sunak must find a way of making social mobility accessible, writes Adam Hawksbee
Can the Tories reclaim Britain’s towns again? The Red Wall vote is riding on it August 1, 2023 If the Conservatives want to win the Red Wall, they need to fall back in love with towns.
Britain’s pro-growth agenda needs a rebrand to convince reluctant voters July 18, 2023 As the Tories face a brutal set of by-elections, they needs to find a way to give growth a good name again.
We need more housing and braver, bigger ideas to revive our Square Mile July 4, 2023 The Square Mile, like other financial centres, needs to attract more footfall, or it will become a ghost town. The power is in local politicians' hands, they just have to be brave, writes Adam Hawksbee
I’d love to be an MP, but Britain is still too ashamed of open political ambition June 20, 2023 When I was asked if I wanted to be an MP, I fudged an answer because I knew it would be met with scepticism . But our stifled laughs mean we're stuck in a doom loop of bad politicians, writes Adam Hawksbee
We need a good dose of optimism in our politics – especially about climate June 6, 2023 Voters want more optimism in our politics - especially when it comes to climate - even if it can feel un-British. Younger voters especially are much more optimistic than our politicians, writes Adam Hawksbee
In the former coalfields of North Yorkshire is a story of how to actually level us up May 23, 2023 The regeneration of former coalfields can teach the Conservatives a lesson on their own flagship policy - levelling up
Hunt hopes for an uneasy peace between the markets, voters and his own party November 21, 2022 At the dispatch box, Jeremy Hunt opted to forgo the traditional Budget day whisky when he delivered the Autumn Statement. Given the task he was facing, you could forgive him for having a drink. Burgeoning estimates of the fiscal black hole were well trailed by a Treasury desperate to manage expectations. The final figure was [...]
As the Tories fight on both political flanks, they need to ditch policy-by-stereotype June 23, 2022 TODAY’s by-elections risks exposing the government on both political flanks. A loss in Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, would dent their working class 2019 gains, and a defeat in Tiverton & Honiton, in rural Devon, would strike deep into their southern heartlands. Losses on both these fronts in the next general election could be the recipe [...]
