Royal Berkshire Hospital Rebuild At Risk 11th September 2024 The Labour Government have launched a review of the new hospital programme, putting the planned rebuild of the Royal Berkshire Hospital at risk. We don't think... Westminster News
347 Labour MPs have voted to take Winter Fuel Payments away from 10 million pensioners. 10th September 2024 In his 1997 Pre-Budget Statement the new Chancelor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced that pensioners would receive a winter fuel allowance for the first... Westminster News
The Bank of England faces new critics 19th December 2023 I am no longer a lonely voice complaining about the failure of the Bank of England to keep inflation down, nor in arguing about excessive tightening by selling... Westminster News
The Western rules based system 18th December 2023 The best features of the western system are the bases in democracy, free speech and limited government. In recent years there has been a big rise in... Westminster News
Trying to make people buy things they don’t want 18th December 2023 Heat pumps are not great sellers. Many think they do not work well. Many cannot afford the high cost of adapting their homes to take them, even allowing for the... Westminster News
NHS Waiting lists 16th December 2023 There are some people in need of treatment who are waiting too long. Despite the appointment of more than 200,000 extra staff since 2019, and putting in many... Westminster News
The Rwanda Bill 13th December 2023 I did not support the Rwanda bill in the Commons . It is a flawed draft in need of substantial revision. I did not vote against it because I agree with the aim... Westminster News
Growth and the money squeeze 13th December 2023 The Bank of England is the only one of the three big western Central Banks (EU/US/UK) to be selling lots of bonds at big losses and sending the bills to the... Westminster News
What is the cost of large scale migration? 12th December 2023 The EU are locked in long and acrimonious talks over EU plans to take over more the tasks of running migration policy at EU level. The EU is wanting burden... Westminster News