John O’Connell is chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
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Hiking MPs’ pay is very much in vogue among certain sections of the SW1 chattering classes. The argument runs like this: politics suffers from a talent problem, parliament is packed with mediocrities. If MPs were paid more, they say, Britain might attract a higher calibre of candidate – the sort typically found in the private
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What is a working person? This is the question Keir Starmer and other members of his Cabinet struggled to answer over the past week or so. Labour’s flip-flopping is in many ways emblematic of the clash between political rhetoric and fiscal reality. And there is another term that is probably much harder to define, one
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Liz Truss, the minister for women and equalities, is reportedly keen to see government departments withdraw from Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions’ programme. The scheme, which around 250 departments and public bodies have signed up to, sees quangos and other public sector bodies pay for guidance on issues such as gender-neutral toilets, pronouns, and transgender inclusion. Debates
