Dowden quits. “Somebody must take responsibility.”
Paul Goodman
“I called recently for the Cabinet to tell Johnson that the game is up, and Dowden’s resignation is the closest that any of them have got.”
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There is a dangerous gap between the rhetoric and reality of the Bill of Rights
Henry Hill
“It seems to fall between two stools: neither a tight technical update of the existing system, nor a fundamental overhaul.”
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Why wage-price spirals fuel inflation – and neither the Keynesians nor the Monetarists are completely right
William Atkinson
“Our current inflation is caused both by post-Covid shortages and a huge expansion in the money supply. Large pay increases would make it worse.”
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Profile: Grant Shapps, the blandly implausible Cabinet star who is taking on the RMT
Andrew Gimson
“The Transport Secretary, an early backer of Johnson for the leadership, has become one of the Government’s most trusted media performers.”
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The saga of London’s ugly bus shelters and EU procurement rules
Harry Phibbs
“A box-ticking conformity means that officialdom is content if the process is followed – no matter how drab or expensive the outcome.”
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The momentous implications of the Down Syndrome Act for the civil service
Liam Fox MP
“Parents will know who is responsible, who to write to, and who should be replaced if they don’t get the public service application they are entitled to.”
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The Bill of Rights, introduced today, builds on the long tradition of British justice
Lord Bellamy QC
“Our commitment to the rule of law is undiminished, but the Human Rights Act if a flawed vehicle which needs reform.”
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What can and should the Government do about the unions?
William Atkinson
“Agency workers and minimum service guarantees are a start. But there is more for Ministers to do.”
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Grammar schools. If Downing Street really is prepared to act, MPs need to make sure it counts
Henry Hill
“This is too important an issue for too many people for ‘the optics of a fight with Labour’ to be the primary motivation.”
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Double defeat. The Conservatives lose Wakefield to Labour and Tiverton & Honiton to the LibDems.
Paul Goodman
“The scene is set for a slaughter of the Johnson loyalists in the forthcoming 1922 Committee Executive elections”
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