Amidst all the scaremongering about cuts to public spending, Allister Heath at City AM points out that public spending is still over half of UK GDP - for the third year running - and that this is what is keeping growth so sluggish. His editorial here is well worth a read.

I have written a piece for Con Home today, following up on the report in the Sunday Telegraph, about how we can amend the UK Border Act 2007 to strengthen our ability to deporrt foreign criminals. You can read it here.