A new week brings with it a new backbench group. The New Conservatives are a dozen MPs who are drawn from the 2017 and 2019 intakes. They want a fundamental realignment of the party so it better reflects the interests of voters in the Midlands and across the red wall in the north. Prominent members of the group include Danny Kruger, Miriam Cates and Lee Anderson, the straight-talking red wall favourite who previously told The Spectator he backed the return of capital punishment.
The presence of Anderson has ruffled some feathers among his fellow Tory MPs
In an interview with the Times, Kruger said that while precise policies are still being formulated, the group do have a broad agenda. They want Rishi Sunak to achieve the 2019 manifesto target of lower migration figures, end the inequities of fiscal drag, reverse cuts to the size of the armed forces, tackle what they view as the ‘woke agenda’ and put more emphasis on apprenticeships over universities.
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