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Tag Archives: Cost of Living
Cutting the cost of living: simplifying energy tariffs
Last autumn the Prime Minister promised to take action to cut through the bewildering number of energy tariffs that we were left with by the last Labour Government and to put every consumer on the cheapest tariff available to them. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Competition, Cost of Living, Delivery, Energy, Free markets, Vested interests
19 Comments
What the Queen’s Speech means for modernisers
The next two years are going to be tough for modernisers. The Queen’s Speech was another clear sign that many of the palpable achievements that stem from detoxification are likely to be hushed up rather than championed on the doorstep. … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged 2015, Achievements, Aid, Big Society, Campaigning, Change, communications, Cost of Living, Education, Modernising, Narrative, Queen's Speech, Welfare
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The Green Deal: making the conservative case
The week after the Green Deal was introduced, YouGov found that nearly 40 per cent of people had heard of it. I think that’s pretty good going for a government policy that doesn’t tell you much from its name, and … Continue reading
Posted in Quality of Life
Tagged Climate Change, Cost of Living, Environment, Green Deal, Nudge
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The Boundary Changes Were A Crutch For The Tories. Now They HAVE To Broaden Their Appeal
The boundary changes are officially dead, being defeated by a pretty substantial House of Commons majority. With that, many commentators would have you believe, goes the chances of a Tory majority in 2015. Tory supporters on Twitter and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Boundary changes, Cost of Living, Modernisation, working class voters
19 Comments
Three important reasons the government shouldn’t impose a cap on payday loans
In (another) abrupt u-turn, it now seems likely that the government will accept the substance of the Labour peer Lord Mitchell’s amendment to the Financial Services Bill, which calls for a cap on the interest rates charged by payday loan … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Banking, Cost of Living, Economy, Free market, Leadership, Rebalanced economy, Spending
21 Comments