Quite a thing to slip out on the day of the Assisted Dying vote

When it comes to life and death issues, MPs must do more than just emote and leave the details until later. Once again, I will be voting against assisted dying. It is one thing to support the principle of someone in pain being able to end their life, which I do. It is another

Sat in the press gallery and struggling with this debate — so many of those in favour are still speaking to the premise, rather than the detail of the Bill That was what the last debate was about!

250k jobs have vanished since the Budget. The uptick in public sector roles means the picture among private businesses is much bleaker than people yet realise. Labour have got to cut welfare and get people into work given their fiscal credibility problem is getting worse. But

Ministers solemnly promised last week, after the Casey rape gang review, to do all in their power to deport child rapists. So I asked today - has the Foreign Secretary now told Pakistan that aid and diplomatic visas will be revoked unless convicted nationals from that country

As a politician, I’ve watched in recent years with some irritation as the Church leadership has pronounced on complex & difficult government decisions with moral surety.  I ask in today's Spectator - where is the equivalent enthusiasm to get stuck in on the tricky life & death

Labour is hell bent on crippling business 🔴 Their so-called Employment Bill is set to cost UK business £5b EVERY year 🔴 Their Budget added over £25b in taxes to UK business EVERY year 🔴 The result? fewer jobs, higher prices

Winter fuel U-turn + abandoning welfare reform + defence spending increase (+other welfare changes?) - lower growth = higher taxes and higher borrowing

It was wonderful to celebrate Armed Forces Day this morning at the Town Hall. It’s a day when we say thank you to all those who serve or who have previously served our country in the military, and the families who support them. There was an especially big showing this year

Unbelievable Only a Labour Government could try to spend less and end up spending more. But I take no pleasure in their incompetence. The country still has to pay for it.

Your reminder that these people are total hypocrites

A brilliant night at Ilford South Conservatives’ curry social - always a pleasure to catch up with old friends & meet new members. We talked about this week's welfare chaos from Labour, the importance of backing business & the road to the next GE. A highlight was honouring

Where to begin with this week in Parliament?! 🤯 Since the General Election, an extra 1,000 people every day have gone onto sickness benefits—3,000 in total. 📈 That’s on top of an already unsustainable system. We had started to bring those numbers down post-Covid, but now

Happy Anniversary...

Today we mark 20 years since the 7/7 bombings, which killed 52 Londoners as they went about their daily lives. We also remember the people who have carried injury and trauma with them every day since, as well as those who served that day - some of whom are Havering residents in

Labour are making our economy dangerously weak — and dodging all responsibility. Taxing, borrowing & spending like there’s no tomorrow. Question it? They just shout “Liz Truss.” But here’s the truth 👇 Borrowing costs are higher now than Sept 2022. This doom loop is real: 📉