NB: this post is by Tim Hewish, my Parliamentary Assistant, and the views expressed are his own. Jim McGovern, Labour MP for Dundee, called a Westminster Hall debate to address the growing disparity between the UK and other nations on the latter’s favourable tax credits towards the video games industry. […]
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The State Opening of Parliament
Today, I found myself standing by the exit into the aye lobby for the state opening of Parliament. The text of the Queen’s Speech, for which I was lucky to be able to enter the House of Lords, may be found here: The Queen, seated on the Throne and attended […]
Read MoreA contract between the Conservative Party and you
Via The Conservative Party | Policy | Our Contract With You: We go into the general election on 6 May with trust in politics and politicians at an all-time low. And I can understand why: the years of broken promises, the expenses scandal, the feeling that politicians have become too remote […]
Read MoreThe economy not Europe is my priority, says David Cameron
Via The Telegraph: David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has pleaded with his MPs and voters to allow him to concentrate on fixing the fragile British economy if he becomes Prime Minister rather than having “a massive Euro bust up” over the Lisbon Treaty. Many of us with an international perspective […]
Read MoreGeorge Osborne: A different vision for our economy
George Osborne has stressed that Britain needs to move from an economy built on debt to one “powered by savings and real returns on effort”. … “With reform we can not only live within our means, we can start to tackle Britain’s long standing social problems of welfare dependency, educational […]
Read MoreCameron: put the economic choice in the hands of the people
The hope of avoiding crushing debt and of fixing our society: David Cameron has called on the Prime Minister to call an election and let the people of Britain decide what we want for our economy. Speaking at the London School of Economics, David spoke about the “clear choice that […]
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