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It is great to see you all here at the Royal Academy of Engineering. People didn’t seem to be getting the message that I was an engineer, so I’ve decided to do...

Rachel Reeves is running out of road. With a multi-billion-pound hole in the public finances, Labour are refusing to rule out slapping 20 per cent VAT on...

Idon’t blame readers if they’ve been struggling to follow the China spying case engulfing parliament. Even MPs are finding it hard to keep up with a story that...

Those two great leaders understood that freedom and progress are not accidents The lesson of Reagan and Thatcher is that peace and progress are born from...

On what would have been Margaret Thatcher’s 100th birthday, we remember a leader who reversed Britain’s decline. I’ll never forget meeting her. Even in her 80s...

It’s baffling we have created a tax that makes our housing market less accessible and actively harms our economy In a crowded field, stamp duty must be one of...

The Conservative Party is back. At our Party Conference this week, we set out our plans for stronger borders and a stronger economy. Real solutions on the...

One of the big disadvantages of coming up with a great policy in Opposition is that you can't make it happen immediately, and in the interim the Government can...

We need to live within our means, cut the deficit and balance the books “Inflation is largely a self-inflicted wound” said Mrs Thatcher in a speech in Preston...