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Rob's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I met two young lads on Friday, courtesy of Raktrain. Both had been thrown out of school. Both seemed on the road to nowhere. Yet, now one is about to go to University, and the other to the Army. How did this transformation take place? It was thanks to Raktrain. Some of you will remember from my blog posting not so long ago, that Raktrain is a charity that helps youngsters get skills in key subjects...
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Shamik Das - the voice of sport (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Surprise, bloody surprise! The Taxpayers’ Alliance have been at it again, peddling lies about the European Union - this time in a cinema ad. We’ve torn it to shreds over on Left Foot Forward , everything from their 13,333 per cent mark-up on the cost of membership and their fabrications about the costs of the Common Agricultural and Fisheries Policies to their implausible assertions on...
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Rob's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It should be a really good day. Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice is visiting Harlow. We have a jam packed visit. IDS starts off as Guest Speaker to the Essex Chamber of Commerce Lunch. After, he will be visiting the Canal Boat Project and Raktrain. Both - in a different way - are community ventures which transforms the lives of young people. The Canal Boat Project gives...
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Oliver's Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The idea that yellow streak Brown is being unfairly treated by the media relies on his being a normal politician, trying his best but beset by adversity. Was it fair for other politicians to be treated this way? John Major was ridiculed but has become a more respected man since he lost the election. Iain Duncan Smith was treated mercilessly by the Media but has found a role that even his fiercest critics...
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donpaskini (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The Resolution Foundation works to achieve better outcomes for low earners, which it defines as "living on below average income but independent of state support. For analysis, we use income deciles 3, 4 and 5, which currently means living on between £11, 750 and £27,150 per annum." Jenni Russell , writing in the Guardian, reports that, " Clive Cowdery , the City financier...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Show featuring Iain Duncan Smith to join Mo Mowlam drama starring Julie Walters in broadcaster's spring lineup MPs including Mark Oaten, Austin Mitchell and Iain Duncan Smith are to get a taste of council estate living for a Channel 4 documentary to be broadcast in the runup to next year's general election. Tower Block of Commons will see the Liberal Democrats' Oaten, Labour's Mitchell, former Tory...
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Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
I fired this off on Wednesday afternoon. It wasn't in yesterday's paper, and I doubt it will be in today's, so I'll post it here instead: ------------------------------------------ Sir, Referring to the Tories' welfare reform proposals ( Big Talk on Welfare , 11 November 2009), you state: "It is, for example, a sound plan to allow people moving from benefit to work to keep more of what they earn...
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ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Later today David Cameron will make a major speech on his approach to fighting poverty. To coincide with the speech he has nominated Debbie Scott to the House of Lords. Debbie Scott is CEO of Tomorrow's People, a charity working with the long-term unemployed, and she co-chaired the Social Justice Policy Group with Iain Duncan Smith. A terrific appointment and I congratulate Debbie very warmly. David...
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Marilyn Stowe divorce blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Tepid welcome for Law Commission’s review of intestacy laws for cohabitants 3 November 2009 Cohabitants who have lived together for more than five years could be given the same rights on death as married couples under plans unveiled by the Law Commission. The proposals, out for consultation until 28 February 2010, suggest that if a cohabitant dies without [...] Related posts: Cohabitation: know...
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Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In 2007 around 47 Conservative MPs, including prominent ones such as Iain Duncan Smith and Douglas Carswell, signed an EDM calling for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty even if it was ratified. What will they say now?
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Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
For an illustration of the bind in which David Cameron finds himself as regards Europe, one need only read Barry Legg’s piece in today’s Guardian. Legg had a short but cantankerous parliamentary career, on the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative party. However, it would be wrong to dismiss him as an unrepresentative crank, based on a history of Westminster rebellion. The former MP is close...
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New Statesman (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Former Conservative leader rails against "farcical" system
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Sky News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
"Farcical" two-month prison sentences should be scrapped and replaced with tougher probation terms, according to ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.
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ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
ToryDiary: Iain Duncan Smith recommends scrapping jail terms of a few weeks because they do nothing to reduce re-offending Also in ToryDiary: The Blogosphere reacts to news that Tories are unlikely to hold any referendum on Lisbon or renegotiation Zac...
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