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WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.288 Westminster has gone crazy with budget speculation with the government following the well-worn path of trying to get the bad news out of the way in order to announce some good news on the day.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.287  With just 9 days until the Autumn Statement I am busy working on the Conservative response to what I fear will be a huge tax raising budget.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.286 Autumn has definitely arrived with colours to enjoy when dog walking but an extremely wet start to the week.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.285 Back to work in Westminster today for the sobre one year anniversary of the brutal Hamas attack on Israel.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.284. It's been an interesting week at a very rainy but surprisingly positive Conservative Conference which started on Sunday and has just finished.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.283. Westminster itself remains quiet this week but that doesn’t mean that there is no political news – on the contrary, it’s Labour’s conference this week (with Rachel Reeves speaking today) and the Conservative Conference starts on Sunday.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.282It may seem like we were just on the long summer break but parliament has broken up after just two weeks for the party conference season.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.281. Only one sitting week of parliament before we break up again for conference recess but the honeymoon period for the new government feels pretty much over with the row on winter fuel payments coming to a head with a vote tomorrow.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.280 WHAT’S GOING ON IN WESTMINSTER  TREASURY CRONYISM One of the big political stories of the summer is the number of civil service jobs across Whitehall that have been given to Labour appointees.

WELCOME TO MY WEEKLY UPDATE no.279   It’s the last week of parliament sitting - and it has not been a quiet one! My children are now on holiday so I will be giving  my loyal readers a break after today until we are all back in September.