After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.

There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?