A 25 year-old Lithuanian immigrant and self-confessed white supremacist was this week found guilty of the murder of an 82 year-old Muslim man, and of detonating three bombs near mosques in the West Midlands. The Crown Prosecutor wanted a Whole Life sentence, but the Judge resisted this and ordered that Pavlo Lapshyn spent the next… [Read More]
Today’s EU summit was intended to make serious progress. The Lampedusa tragedy, in which 359 migrants fleeing Africa for Italy drowned, galvanised member states to make a comprehensive borders policy. British interests, such as limiting ‘benefits tourism’ and cutting red tape, were on the agenda. Business Minister Michael Fallon has produced a list of regulations… [Read More]
Scarce resource pricing allows the benefits of the market while keeping basic necessities affordable to people on low incomes.
The current state of Britain’s energy sector and the fact we cannot build our own nuclear power stations is another example of the government’s failure to make long term policy decisions. Despite knowing that many of the UK’s power stations were scheduled to close as early as 2020, the coalition government cancelled plans in 2010… [Read More]
There were encouraging noises in the Commons today when the Conservative MP Steve Baker urged the Health Secretary to consider our recent paper calling for patient-led commissioning groups in the NHS. Jeremy Hunt said the idea was “interesting”, while stressing that he wanted to give current coalition reforms a chance to bed in first. You… [Read More]
This originally appeared on Liberal Democrat Voice, available here. Debate about NHS reform has been intense in 2013 as the service has entered its historic 65th year and the need for greater accountability has become apparent in response to lapses in care such as those at Mid Staffordshire. In light of this, it is important… [Read More]
Most of the public hadn’t heard of Adam Afriyie until this month’s Question Time appearance. A self-made millionaire raised by a single mother in South London, the Windsor MP is rumoured to have leadership ambitions and is tipped as the ‘Tory Obama’. He is championing an amendment to James Wharton’s Private Member’s Bill promising an… [Read More]
It looks like Ireland will be the first eurozone country to exit its bailout programme after Prime Minister Enda Kenny announced this week that the country was at the end of its economic emergency. The date set for the exit is December 15th, which is 3 years after the country requested a bailout from the… [Read More]
Signs are forming that income may join goods in contributing to Britain’s Balance of Payments deficit.
George Osborne and Boris Johnson have spent the week courting Chinese leaders to convince them that London, despite its flaws (or maybe because of them), remains the financial capital of the world and the only place for China to begin opening up to western markets. The deal being brokered includes a licence for the UK… [Read More]