Bernard Jenkin MP

We need new thinking about how the government spends its defence budget. I have the experience to bring this as chair of the Defence Select Committee, writes Bernard Jenkin MP

Speakers now have to consider the impact of their personal public profile and how this relates to their responsibilities, says Bernard Jenkin MP

Many of the MPs most constitutionally outraged by the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament voted again and again for the laws and decisions that have led us to this point. They have no one to blame but themselves, writes Bernard Jenkin 

How can our health service expect to marshal its care for eating disorder sufferers if it doesn’t even know the scale of the challenge it faces? writes Bernard Jenkin

Bernard Jenkin pays tribute to Paul Flynn, an ‘extraordinary parliamentarian’, and a generous, determined – and at times exasperating – colleague

Sir Jeremy Heywood was proud of the Civil Service and protective of its people from public criticism. Above all, he had a devout sense of duty and loyalty to the country, writes Bernard Jenkin

As the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee launches a new series of inquiries, Bernard Jenkin sets out why future developments in our Parliamentary democracy deserve careful consideration

As a heavily-amended Brexit Bill leaves the Lords and heads to the Commons, Bernard Jenkin says it is now time for the ‘hard-core Remainers’ in his party to learn to compromise 

Although Treasury plots, divisions and apparent indecision cast a cloud over a sombre conference, Bernard Jenkin is full of admiration for the Prime Minister's resilience

Bernard Jenkin finds the Donmar’s new musical a fair and compelling portrayal of his committee’s hearing on the collapse of Kids Company