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A People’s BBC
The licence fee has had its day. The government should decriminalise it, leaving it as a bill like any other. More people are going to give up the tv set and live programmes.
The government should give every licence fee payer a share in the BBC on a stated date. Then...Read More »
A budget with tax cuts
I see discussion from Treasury sources of a Spring budget with tax cuts, based on updating benefit payments by a smaller amount than the current system would provide next April. This is a bad idea.
It is a bad idea because we need the tax cuts now, not delayed to next...Read More »
My appearance on BBC Radio 4’s The Reunion – The Final Years of John Major’s Government
Please find below the link to an interview that I took part in discussing the final years of John Major’s Government
You can find it here on BBC Sounds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q0kh
I was argued against the UK joining the Exchange rate Mechanism, predicting the troubles it could cause our economy. I took up...Read More »
My Intervention on the Ministerial Statement- Work Capability Assessment Consultation
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
I strongly support the initiative to help more people who are long-term sick and disabled into work where they wish to do that. My query is: why on earth is it going to take so long? We need to be doing this now, to ease our...Read More »
My Interventions in the Energy Bill (2)
John Redwood (Wokingham, Conservative):
If this electrical revolution is to take off, many more people will need to buy electric cars and heat pumps. Does the hon. Gentleman have any advice for the Government on how those items can be made more popular and more affordable?
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Labour):