Adam Afriyie on Budget 2013: Prepare for ‘bitter disappointment’
For many people, Budgets are when you find out if your pint of beer or bottle of wine is going up in price. It’s the day you fill up your car just in case fuel goes up again. It’s the day you hope to...
View ArticleIPSA brings MPs into disrepute once again, without saving a penny or solving...
IPSA’s proposed increase in MPs’ salary is another example of how it continues to undermine the standing of parliament whilst haemorrhaging taxpayers’ money on unnecessary backroom bureaucracy. The...
View ArticleIt’s time to be realistic about benefits. Wealthy pensioners need to be able...
Universal pensioner benefits like the Winter Fuel Allowance (WFA) cost the Exchequer over £8 billion a year. This is not a massive sum compared to overall government expenditure but it is absurd that...
View ArticlePremature engagement in Syria is wrong for Britain
The events in Syria are distressing. The pictures and reports of an alleged chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians with hundreds of dead and thousands suffering horrifying symptoms is alarming....
View ArticleWe need better migration data for an effective immigration policy
Britain has a long and proud history of opening its doors to the vulnerable and oppressed; of welcoming workers, students and tourists from across the world. I believe that Britain is a tolerant and...
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