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Miriam Cates

Miriam Cates

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Miriam Cates is a GB News presenter and former Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge

How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Health
By Miriam Cates
How to resolve the modern care dilemma: drop the obsession with GDP
Resolving the modern care dilemma means putting family at the heart of the economy, writes Miriam Cates. But the challenges to implementing this conservative plan for care come from all sides – including the ‘ultra-online right’
My Manifesto: Bold housing solutions are needed to help our young people succeed
Communities
By Miriam Cates
My Manifesto: Bold housing solutions are needed to help our young people succeed
For British under-40s, the economic future looks grim. Thanks to the size and longevity of the Boomer generation, millennials can expect to work into their 70s, sacrificing large parts of their income in record taxation to pay the pensions and healthcare costs of the often asset-rich retired.
Setting the record straight: my full thoughts on family policy
Social affairs
By Miriam Cates
Setting the record straight: my full thoughts on family policy
On Tuesday I attended an event for under 35s hosted by Onward, a leading Westminster think tank. I gave a short speech about family policy and then answered a number of questions from the audience. My contribution was intended to provoke debate and discussion and to encourage young people to think about an area of policy that is not often covered in Westminster. Some of my remarks have been misreported or taken out of context, which is of course par for the course in politics and always will be. But given the scale of the challenges that UK families are experiencing, and the barriers young people face to having children, I think it is important that I set out my arguments in full. What follows is an amalgamation of the short speech that I made and some of my remarks in the ensuing discussion.
Investing in our young people now is vital for the future success of our party and country
Education
By Miriam Cates
Investing in our young people now is vital for the future success of our party and country
There can be nothing more fundamental to Conservative philosophy than the principle of investing wisely for the future.