The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement this month involved a good deal of backslapping by the Government while shying away from the key point: that despite the pain of the cuts, by…

For economic growth to mean anything it has to mean an improvement in the living standards of ordinary men and women not just the few at the top, and that’s…

Remembrance Day this year has of course carried a particular poignancy with it being the centenary of the start of the First World War and the millions who perished in…

For decades governments have failed to tackle the UK’s housing shortage. While longer life spans, reductions household sizes and employment shifts have resulted in increasing demand for housing, housebuilding is…

Last Thursday a number of by-elections took place across the county, including one in Crawley. While eyes were focused on contests further north, locally Labour won Southgate with a 9%…

Party conference season concludes this week with Liberal Democrat Conference. Last week saw Conservative Conference open Ukip defections and conclude with billions of pounds of unfunded commitments. Contrast that with…