The Tory leader and the Prime Minister had discussions last night about the financial crisis, Tory sources have revealed. There was a phone call in the midst of last night's fevered speculation about what would happen to the FTSE when it opened this morning. The Tory leadership have decided, after considering curtailing their Birmingham event, that it should continue. Cameron will speak to co...

This is a reposting of an article that originally appeared on John Redwood’s blog, but given the proliferation of misinformed opinions around the financial crisis it deserves wider dissemination. Last night I travelled to Hatfield to speak at a dinner. The roads were eerily emptier on a Friday night - a sign of things to come.

To date, David Cameron has played the expenses crisis skilfully. The polls show that the public have seen Cameron as being decisive and Brown as dithering. But this morning on the Today programme, Cameron tied himself in knots talking about the Speaker’s position. Cameron, obviously, doesn’t feel that it is constitutionally right for him to comment on the subject—but why then did...

Major public building projects are to be brought forward to provide employment for workers made redundant during the financial crisis under government plans.

The EU competition commissioner's political savvy and inherent toughness have come into their own in the financial crisis. No one who has heard her speak about the dangers of protectionism could doubt her conviction

Last night I travelled to Hatfield to speak at a dinner. The roads were eerily emptier on a Friday night - a sign of things to come. I am grateful to the audience - and to all of you bloggers - for your thoughts on the crisis. I would like to comment on some of

The inability to speak a host country's language reinforces dangerous divisions in society - and it is a very reasonable requirement of any immigrant, says David Green.

It is unusual for the leader of the second largest minority party in the Commons to speak for the country and to represent us in important national discussions about the current phase of the sovereign debt crisis. There

Briefly mentioned by the BBC at lunchtime, David Cameron has descended from his Churchillian heights to write for that obscure little rag, The Financial Times. In what some might suggest is a statement of the bleedin' obvious, the Great Leader tells us mere mortals that, in the light of the current financial crisis, "a concerted policy response is vital to avoid serious economic consequences....

Billions of pounds worth of infrastructure projects have been delayed by the financial crisis it has emerged threatening to undermine Gordon Brown's plan to revive the economy with a massive programme of public works.