Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The Evening Standard's Paul Waugh, a man well plugged in to Tory politics, has a Tory reshuffle piece on his excellent blog . He agrees with my predictions about Maria Miller and Greg Clark, and tips Ed Vaizey to replace Peter Ainsworth at Environment. He also thinks Justine Greening, who has impressed in her Treasury job, may also be promoted to the tyop table. In addition, Waugh reckons Theresa Villiers,...
Rachel Joyce's BlogSpot (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
This is not a green tax. So said Justine Greening today when leading the campaign in the Commons against Darling's shameful retrospective increase in Vehicle Excise Duty. Key points were: Figures released by the Treasury reveal that the take from graduated VED will increase from £1.9 billion in 2006 to £4.4 billion in 2010. According to the figure that she was been given by Ministers, they expect annual...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
"Isn't the spirit that compels people to challenge anti-social behaviour the same sense of social responsibility that we so urgently need to nurture?" 10am CentreRight: Samuel Coates defends have-a-go-heroism Parliament: Justine Greening leads attack on Darling's Vehicle Excise Duty hike...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
At the weekend I asked you to take part in a survey to decide who David Cameron should promote into his Shadow Cabinet, and are of Cabinet material. Here are the top 10 Ed Vaizey 53% Damian Green 39% Justine Greening 28.8% Adam Afriyie 21.7% Greg Clark 20.9% Edward Garnier 15.7% Maria Miller 14.2% Shailesh Vara 11.5% John Maples 11.3% Mark Francois 10.9% I then asked which of the Tory 'big beasts'...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Iain Dale suggested five names for inclusion in the shadow cabinet yesterday: Greg Clark, Damian Green, Ed Vaizey, Maria Miller and David Burrowes. We agree with all of those suggestions although Justine Greening is a more likely bet than Damian...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Did you realise Alistair Darling put a penny on income tax in last month's budget? No, nor did I, but thanks to Tory MP Justine Greening we now know that the car tax rises announced in March have added £2.5 billion to Treasury coffers. Revenue neutral, they said. It will improve our carbon footprint, they said. Yup, by achieving a 1 per cent emissions reduction. And who's hit most by this tax rise?...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Great work by Tory Treasury spokesman Justine Greening has exposed the uselessness of Alistair Darling's 'green tax hike' on cars. Her work has produced the main story in this morning's Telegraph: "The "green levy" on motorists announced in Alistair Darling's...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Did you realise Alistair Darling put a penny on income tax in last month's budget? No, nor did I, but thanks to Tory MP Justine Greening we now know that the car tax rises announced in March have added £2.5 billion to Treasury coffers. Revenue neutral, they said. It will improve our carbon footprint, they said. Yup, by achieving a 1 per cent emissions reduction. And who's hit most by this tax rise?...
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Dear Justine Greening, Thank you for pursuing the government over their ‘green taxes’ sham. I am always happy to see the government taking a serious interest in environmental issues, but slapping massive tax hikes on motorists is designed to raise £2.5 billion of revenue for the empty Treasury coffers instead of trying to help reduce pollution. This [...]
