Nadhim Zahawi MP

Nadhim Zahawi defended the Conservatives' action on building affordable housing and the Help to Buy scheme, promoting the Localism Act as an important tool to find land for development. “Well, I think if you look at the scheme and then y... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi said that it was right to focus on capital spending to encourage growth in the construction sector. “What we did was not cut but match what was put in place by the previous government and therefore people said ‘there may no... Continue to article

  Nadhim Zahawi said people were “quite rightly concerned” about immigration. “It’s worth just pointing it that the only major party in 2010 that was talking about immigration was the Conservative party. And the leader of the party, D... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi said it was right that the top 10% of earners in the UK should shoulder the largest burden in reducing the deficit. “The overall effect over this Parliament is that the top 10% will be paying more and that’s right. The top ... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi stressed the importance of David Cameron’s announcement of measures limiting the access of newly-arrived immigrants to social housing. “If you look at what David Cameron is saying about housing and prioritising social housi... Continue to article

  Nadhim Zahawi claimed the idea that you can't do more for less was wrong. "We’ve been able to do more for less. If you look at our borders now there’s much greater control and rigour at every border into this island then there’s eve... Continue to article

  Nadhim Zahawi said David Miliband thought the housing policy announced in the Budget was “incredibly positive”. “I tell you what was really interesting yesterday, I was standing next to Ed Miliband’s brother, David Miliband, the lea... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi said he would like to see a “Corporation Tax cut”. “I would [like to see lower business taxes], especially for small and medium sized businesses. I met last night with SMEs from my constituency, twenty of them. They’re all ... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi said the Office for Budget Responsibility had agreed with David Cameron on the "substantive argument" over growth. "Labour scream at the OBR when they don't agree with them and say they are not independent and now they are ... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi argued Labour's leader would be the Conservatives' "best asset" for the 2015 general election. “Our greatest asset is Ed Miliband. If you look at all the polling evidence, he [Ed Miliband] lags way behind [David Cameron]...... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi argued against the legislation to cap bankers' bonuses. "Capping bankers' bonuses is not good legislation because all you will do is move bonus payments to salaries which means it’s harder to claw them back. It’s shareholde... Continue to article

Nadhim Zahawi said more needed to be done to get the private sector to invest. "The idea that when you have a debt problem what you should do is follow Ed Balls' strategy and borrow another £200bn is madness. He talked about 2009, whoeve... Continue to article