James Heywood: A GBP20 blanket uplift in Universal Credit would miss an opportunity for better targeted change

James Heywood: A GBP20 blanket uplift in Universal Credit would miss an opportunity for better targeted change

James Heywood is the Head of Welfare and Opportunity at the Centre for Policy Studies. One of the iron laws of politics is that it is very easy to give things away and extremely difficult to take them back again. That can prove a particular problem when a government has had to put in place…

New Congresswoman Vows to Stand Against Radical Agenda of Leftist ‘Squad’
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New Congresswoman Vows to Stand Against Radical Agenda of Leftist ‘Squad’

Freshman Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., is one of several new members of Congress who have formed the “Freedom Force.” The group of conservative Republican leaders says it will stand against the far-left agenda being promoted by the so-called squad led by fellow New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal Democrats.  Malliotakis is the daughter…

Liam Fox: Are we really going to close down the global economy every time a new virus emerges?

Liam Fox: Are we really going to close down the global economy every time a new virus emerges?

Liam Fox is a former Secretary of State for International Trade, and is MP for North Somerset. Over 71,000 more people died in 2020 than would have been expected in a normal year. Apart from a deluded and dangerous minority whose addiction to conspiracy theories leave them in denial about the impact (or even the…