Is it a surprise that Labour want to ban outdoor smoking?
Anyone surprised by leaked documents showing smoking may soon be banned in beer gardens, small parks, outdoor restaurants, open-air spaces…
Is the ‘motherhood penalty’ really behind the UK’s falling birth rate?
Britain is so beset with immediate problems that major issues, ones which could drastically alter our society and the way…
Working from home won’t fix Britain’s productivity
Why is Britain’s productivity so stubbornly low? Output per worker increased just 0.1 per cent in the year to April. Across swathes…
The Green party is terrifying
Is the Green party the most controversial force in British politics? It’s certainly giving Reform a run for its money. In…
The problem with Labour’s free breakfast clubs plan
Labour has been deliberately opaque when it comes to their plans for government, but on one issue Sir Keir Starmer…
The horror of NHS maternity wards has been exposed
Will any woman who has given birth on the NHS be surprised by a damning report into maternity services? I wasn’t. I…
Elphicke is wrong: the Tories haven’t abandoned the centre ground
It takes some brass neck to cross the floor, but to do it in the manner of Natalie Elphicke also…
What do plummeting birth rates mean for the future of the planet?
Few Britons will have heard the phrase ‘apocalyptic winter’, but that may soon change. It’s how Italian politicians describe the…
It’s time to take a chainsaw to the British civil service
Slashing Whitehall waste is a pledge that brings to mind Augustine’s prayer for the Lord to make him virtuous – but…
The cynicism behind Labour’s Race Equality Act
Labour is desperate to come across as business-friendly. Last week, the party said it will no longer reinstate a cap…
The Tories’ childcare plans aren’t grounded in reality
Of all the reasons why the Conservatives deserve to lose the next general election, their nonsensical childcare policy is among…
Why is measles on the rise?
Having endured months of restrictions on our freedoms to deal with Covid-19, we now face a major health threat entirely…
Labour won’t fix Britain’s childcare mess
Labour appeared stumped when, earlier this year, the government announced it would be drastically increasing its ‘free’ childcare provision. Given…
The Tories must get serious about welfare reform
You can’t fault Mel Stride for trying. Conscious that our current levels of worklessness are neither sustainable nor likely to…
How to avoid repeating the mistakes of the HS2 fiasco
Rishi Sunak has finally slayed the white elephant that is HS2 or, perhaps more accurately, cut off its hind legs…
The BMA isn’t striking to protect patients or the NHS, just itself
What a fall from grace. Three years ago, the British Medical Association (BMA) could barely put a foot wrong. It…
The SNP’s four day week won’t work
Pigs will surely sooner fly over Glasgow Pollok than business will take inspiration from Humza Yousaf’s approach to running government. Nonetheless, the…
‘Lazy girls’ aren’t what’s hurting the British economy
The current government will do almost anything to avoid reforming welfare or the NHS. Last month, we were informed school…
The BMA shouldn’t look down on cleaners
During the lockdown, there was a cohort of workers who toiled through the night in what was described as a ‘fairly thankless…
Is Labour really a credible government-in-waiting?
How long do you give it before Labour abandon their promise of golden hellos for new teachers? Shadow education secretary Bridget…
The Bank can’t blame wages for out of control inflation
After a bruising week, perhaps Andrew Bailey could take some solace in Rishi Sunak’s interview with Laura Kuenssberg this weekend.…
Forget the EU: Britain’s own red tape is strangling the economy
Ministers are considering scrapping the EU Working Time Directive. The news has been met with predictable howls from the usual…
Our nanny state holds back Britain’s young
Clever people often believe that their cleverness gives them the right to control other people. Nowhere is this more manifest than…
In defence of landlords
Whisper it millennials, but YIMBYism (Yes In My Back Yard) might be gathering momentum. Recent surveys have found more people agree than…
In defence of the supermarket
Supermarkets are once again back in the firing line. Henry Dimbleby, the Leon co-founder turned government food tsar, has blamed…
