Steve Baker MP

Conservative MP for Wycombe

Not Zero: Inside the Tory Party Split on Decarbonisation

Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm for attaining net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is not shared by all in his party. So can this relatively recent convert to the green agenda persuade Conservatives the price tag is worth it? Rosamund Urwin report

25 Mar Coronavirus

Tory Lockdown Rebels Expect Renewal Of Coronavirus Powers To Pass With Little Commons Resistance

Anti-lockdown Conservative MPs are playing down talk of a rebellion on extending emergency coronavirus powers today saying “the sting has come out of this” because of the vaccine rollout.

25 Mar Coronavirus

Publicans Call Vaccine Passport Plans "Absurd" As Boris Johnson Faces Anger From Tory MPs

Tory MPs and hospitality leaders have slammed Boris Johnson's proposals which could see customers turned away for pubs if they are not vaccinated.

20 Feb Coronavirus

Who Are The Tory Rebels Pressuring Boris Johnson To End Lockdown – And How Much Influence Do They Have?

Boris Johnson has ditched his usual ebullience as he prepares to announce his plan for the UK’s way out of lockdown on Monday.

15 Feb Coronavirus

Lockdown-Sceptic MPs Call For New Laws To Prevent Coronavirus Restrictions Without Parliamentary Scrutiny

Members of the Covid Research Group (CRG) of backbench MPs have called for a new Public Health Act to “force the government to prove the proportionality” of future lockdowns.

21 Oct 2020 Education

Tension Has Escalated Between Tory MPs And Marcus Rashford Ahead Of A Vote On Free School Meals

Tories must face up to their “conscience” today on a vote on extending free school meals over the holidays, Labour has claimed, as footballer and anti-poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford ramped up the pressure on politicians to back it.

04 Oct 2020 Political parties

Government intervention is not the solution to our economic problems

To build a lasting recovery, government should cut regulations and break down the barriers to private entrepreneurship.

30 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

The government and its experts aren't asking themselves the right questions before they restrict our fundamental freedoms

Scientists respond to incentives like everyone else – we must not confuse or terrify the public by speaking about Covid risk as if it is certain, and allow it to limit people's liberties with no scrutiny from Parliament

27 May 2020 Coronavirus

Every Conservative MP who has condemned Dominic Cummings as lockdown row escalates

A rolling list of every Conservative MP that has broken party ranks to condemn Dominic Cummings. There are widespread calls for the senior aide’s resignation after it was revealed over the weekend that he had travelled from London to Durham during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

20 Dec 2019 Political parties

There is widespread abuse of postal votes, this simply cannot go on

My constituents would be shocked if they knew the extent of corrupt election practices and voter fraud, if we fail to understand the magnitude of this, then we are a politically bankrupt nation, writes Steve Baker MP.

07 Sep 2017 Brexit

'Reckless and misleading' to claim that Withdrawal Bill gives Government free rein

Steve Baker MP, Minister at the Department for Exiting the EU, argues that it is wrong and quite reckless for anyone to mislead the public in this way.