Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, Strathspey Conservatives
David Cameron has said that a Conservative Government will give more power, discretion and autonomy to local councils.
But he emphasised that greater power must be backed up with greater accountability to local taxpayers.
Speaking at the Conservative Councillors’ Association, Cameron outlined Conservative plans to require councils to publish the following online:
The full remuneration package of all [...]
Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke joined David Cameron and George Osborne in speaking at Thomson Reuters about the state of the economy.
“This weekend showed very vividly why we can’t afford five more years of Gordon Brown”, he said. “There’s a choice to be made, and the choice of Gordon Brown is a very expensive choice [...]
David Cameron: The real choice in British politics
David Cameron has spoken at the Scottish Conservative Party Conference about the real choice facing Britain at the next General Election:
Some people say there are no real choices in politics anymore. They think it doesn’t matter who you vote for, because whoever gets in, they won’t make a [...]
Cameron says 2010 is the “Year For Change”
David Cameron has given his first speech of 2010, focusing on the importance of the General Election to Britain’s future.
“Let’s make this the year for change – the year when the positive defeats the negative”, he said, as he announced the start of the Conservatives’ election campaign.
On Monday, [...]
If Brown can’t run a reshuffle, how can he run the country?
David Cameron accused Gordon Brown of lacking the authority necessary to run the country after his reshuffle plans were disrupted by a series of resignations by Cabinet members.
David stressed the reshuffle was an “emergency” measure to “cling on to office” – and accused the Mr. Brown of ”taking people for [...]
Cameron starts election petition
Cameron calls for general election
David Cameron has called for an immediate general election, saying the political system has been “paralysed” by the expenses scandal at Westminster.
The Tory leader urged people to sign a petition calling on Gordon Brown to dissolve Parliament and hold a poll.
He said he would [...]
Having spent quite a lot of time in the last few weeks campaigning on the streets of Glasgow and fighting alongside my colleagues including Davena Rankin I am glad to now take a break. However the message that was coming out loud and clear was that the LibDems were considered a total irrelevance in Scottish [...]
Conservative David Davis has been re-elected as the MP for Haltemprice and Howden. He won the by-election with a majority of 15,355 votes.
He captured 72% of the vote, and in his victory speech he stressed that the voters of Halemprice and Howden had sent a “stunning message to the Government”.
David was fighting on a civil [...]