Tag Archives: Accountability

Knowledge is porridge

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Fiona Melville

Ben Gummer‘s Ten Minute Rule Bill (to be introduced tomorrow) builds on something we suggested years ago. Well, two things, in fact. Firstly, that a sensible discussion about the size and scope of the state must start from a clear … Continue reading →

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The Royal Succession and the EU

Posted on 29 October 2011 by Fiona Melville

Months ago, the Tory Reform Group invited George Eustice MP to come and talk to one of our regular policy suppers about his new European policy group. Entirely by accident, I have to confess, the event was on Wednesday this … Continue reading →

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Opening up data to give people what they want

Posted on 17 October 2011 by Fiona Melville

I am shamefully late to this (catching up on articles from 2 weekends ago…) but this article by Ben Goldacre in the Observer encapsulates so much of why governments get stuck in actually DOING anything. For the record, I am … Continue reading →

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The politically Conservative case for employee ownership

Posted on 11 October 2011 by Edmund Coleridge

Before the election one of the big policy gambits made by the Prime Minister was to drive throw the mutualisation of public services and to champion co-operatives. The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, set up a special unit … Continue reading →

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The new Boundaries might be the best membership drive ever invented

Posted on 13 September 2011 by Fiona Melville

I spent part of yesterday afternoon in Parliament (spotting, along the way, Floella Benjamin, which if you’re my age was pretty exciting!). I saw probably about 10 MPs in total, ALL of whom mentioned their proposed new boundaries first off. … Continue reading →

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