The key to reducing hip fractures Monday, 20 October, 2025 Since the 1990s, fracture liaison services, provided by specialist teams within NHS Trusts, have been assisting people at risk of sustaining severe fractures caused by osteoporosis, and ensuring they receive the appropriate treatment. These services are, however, only available in certain areas. The Government is committed to making them universal by 2030 - just five years away - but significant... Recent NewsSpeeches
Labour's attack on children with special needs 29th October 2024 Labour say that they will exempt a small number of children at independent schools with special needs and disabilities (SEND) from their iniquitous VAT levy... Articles
Jenrick's historical errors 21st October 2024 Writing in The Sunday Telegraph on 13 October, Robert Jenrick included three historical points. Two of them were wrong. He said that that the Party “has just... Recent News
VAT on school fees: a bad policy badly implemented 17th October 2024 The Government are making a bad policy even worse by rushing to impose VAT on independent school fees on I January, just two and a half months away, in the... Speeches
No escape from 10 Downing Street 14th October 2024 An article in The Times on 12 October detailed the dissatisfaction felt by many prime ministers with their official residence. Disraeli found it “dingy and... Articles
Starmer banishes Gladstone 13th October 2024 On 13 October, The Sunday Telegraph carried a report of the removal of a portrait of Gladstone from 10 Downing Street. It quoted comments by Alistair Lexden... Articles
Disraeli's sleepy support for trade unions 11th October 2024 An error in a recent article in The New Statesman was corrected by Alistair Lexden in a letter published in the magazine on 11 October. Robert Colls (The... Articles
"Giving up what one has is always a bad thing" 10th October 2024 This letter, which was published in The Daily Telegraph on October 10, echoed the widespread criticism of the Government’s decision to give away the Chagos... Articles
Unfinished business: sex abuse allegations against Ted Heath 9th October 2024 This piece of business—so very important for Heath’s reputation at the bar of history—could have been completed years ago if Home Office Ministers in the last... Recent News
Disraeli never said it! 5th October 2024 Many years ago (Lord) Robert Blake, Disraeli’s greatest biographer, asked if anyone knew how the term ‘One Nation’ had come into existence since he had been... Articles
