TODAY I ANNOUNCED that Reform UK is calling for a full and thorough Parliamentary Inquiry into the Child Maintenance Service, following ongoing warnings about poor safeguards and a lack of accountability over a 30-year period. For too long, paying parents have said their concerns have been dismissed. The growing body of evidence, official audit findings […]
Day: 28 July 2026
The Burnham illusion: Collaboration won’t save Britain
IN HIS FIRST SPEECH Andy Burnham undertook to make politics “more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.” This, he opined, would lead to the creation of a new economy. That might be possible or it might not, largely depending on who collaborates with whom, and about what. It’s a soundbite, not a policy. […]