During last week’s Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £12 million of funding for a range of excellent causes that seek to help women. There was welcome funding for cancer charities and anti-domestic violence campaigns, but where did it come from?

American elections always catch the eye of those of us interested in politics in a way that elections in no other country can. Partly it’s the sheer Hollywood-esque size of the spectacle.

I believe that David Cameron is a brilliant Prime Minister who has been assured of his place in history by creating and leading a reforming Government tackling head on issues that hold our country back.

I believe that David Cameron is a brilliant Prime Minister who has been assured of his place in history by creating and leading a reforming Government tackling head on issues that hold our country back.

For the vast majority of the time the Conservatives have been in Government since 2010, the political narrative has been about dealing with the deficit, turning our economy around and getting people back into work.

As I’ve written here before, the Prime Minister asked me last year to be his Apprenticeships Adviser. I hope I will be forgiven, but I wish to write about the apprenticeship agenda again.

Last week was a difficult one for Labour, to say the least. Before Christmas, rumours started flying around Westminster and in the media that the Labour leader was going to axe those who had loudly and constantly disagreed with him.