David Gauke: Growth should be the central national priority
Rachel Reeves’ Spring Forecast was always going to be constrained. The public finances are tight, debt interest is high, and borrowing costs are elevated. None of that is a surprise. The question was whether the Chancellor would use the event to set out a credible growth plan within those constraints. She did not. Instead, the […]
New MRP analysis: In over 84% of seats the Conservatives lost in 2024, the bigger challenge is not Reform but winning back voters who have drifted left or disengaged
The study uses a megapoll of over 13,000 voters to find how many voters in each constituency have ever voted Conservative, and how they are voting now. • Disengagement is widespread – in 236 of 251 lost seats, at least a quarter of ‘missing’ Conservative voters now say don’t know / would not vote • […]
Prosper UK signs up more than 17,000 supporters in first two weeks
•Enthusiasm for a new pragmatic politics across the UK •Sign-ups reach beyond recent Conservative voters •Prosper UK launched with poll showing 7 million politically homeless centre and centre right voters Prosper UK today announced that more than 17,000 people across the country have signed up as supporters in the movement’s first two weeks, a clear […]
Prosper UK: More than 75% of centre, centre-right voters say politicians are not talking about economic growth, building a skilled economy or job creation
London – Prosper UK today published polling showing a clear public demand for a more serious, pro-enterprise approach to growth, investment and job creation and evidence of a large group of voters who feel politically unrepresented. Polling from More in Common shows more than seven in ten voters say politicians are not talking enough about […]
Prosper UK to fight for pragmatic politics, pro-growth agenda
London – Andy Street and Ruth Davidson today launched Prosper UK, a new political movement made up of Conservative politicians and independent business leaders. Prosper UK will take the fight to the populists of the left and right by bringing together politicians, business leaders and members of the public who believe in pragmatic politics and […]