Ben Bradley

is a British politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Mansfield from 2017 to 2024.

Articles

Policy

How to unlock the economic potential of the East Midlands

My ambition is to rebuild the East Midlands. We can’t just be the place you pass on the train on your way to other parts of the country. We need to rebalance the region with the West Midlands – to get our Midlands Engine firing on all cylinders – and we are developing with the […]

Government

Rebalancing Britain: The next PM must focus on towns like Mansfield

Last week, CapX and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation launched Rebalancing Britain, a major new project focusing on how the next Prime Minister should tackle the longstanding imbalances in the British economy. The project will focus not only on the well-documented North/South divide, but on the way smaller towns and cities are often left behind in […]

Conservatives

Why I’m backing Esther McVey

Though the race to be Tory leader has not yet officially started, more and more candidates seem to emerge every day. Some are more serious than others, with a few no doubt really hoping for a big job in the next government, rather than seriously thinking they could win. This leadership contest is a strange […]

Brexit

Working with Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit is a big mistake

Just when you think the Brexit fiasco could not get any worse, the Prime Minister seems to find a way to surpass all of our expectations. It’s one thing to be forced by Parliament towards a customs union or second referendum, it’s quite another to collude with Jeremy Corbyn to deliver one. The Cooper Bill […]