Housing production in Africa has not kept pace with population and job growth in either quantity or location. With demand for housing greatly outpacing supply, prices have skyrocketed.
The British military is overstretched, undermanned and suffering from a decade of neglect by the current Labour Government. We have a Treasury which is heavily influencing how the campaign is conducted in Helmand and we have a procurement programme that for all intents and purposes has failed. The top 19 major procurement projects have gone over budget by a total of £2.95bn and are cumulatively 429 months delayed.
Philippa Broom is Director at the International Office for the Conservative Party and is also Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Programme. She travels widely on party political democracy development work and has recently specifically focussed on the Maldives.
Ambassador I.Berziņš introduced members of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council with a short history of Latvia’s road of regaining independence. He highlighted Latvia’s successful bid to join NATO and the EU.
Excerpts from Ambassador Georg Boomgaarden’s speech on “German Foreign Policy” before the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council in the House of Commons.
The Venezuelan project of social and political change has entered a new challenging stage in terms of the political process itself and its aims. Regarding the realm of foreign policy, many aspects have been subject of consolidation in the past 10 years, basically principles that must be reinforced and strengthened with new policies. Ten years ago, Venezuela lacked a foreign policy of its own. It was a failed state, a de facto colony whose foreign policy was dictated by foreign powers and multilateral financial institutions.
Garry Hindle's talk centred on specific approaches to Terrorism Prevention with focus on the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, particularly the role of the PREVENT strand.
CFCC Members are thrilled, honoured and delighted that William Hague has just become our new Patron. At our last AGM we decided to write to William Hague inviting him to become our Patron and he has now responded in positive terms.
