Charles warns against replacing Happy Christmas with meaningless "seasons" greetings.  read more »

Charles Walker condemns the erosion of our basic freedoms and traditions highlighting restrictions on free speech, removal of trial by jury in some cases and the diminishing role of Parliament with less time to debate new Bills.  read more »

During the Pre-Budget Report debate, Charles Walker condemns the Government for proposing to increase VAT to 18.5% as it would hit hard-working families hardest.  read more »

Charles Walker calls for a time limit on receipt of benefits to tackle the problem of professional claimants.  read more »

Charles Walker welcomes the Bill which would enable money from unused accounts to be given to good causes. Whilst applauding the motivation behind it, he stresses the importance of getting the detail right and welcomes the three year Parliamentary review.  read more »

Charles Walker calls on the banks to keep interest rates down for small businesses.  read more »

Charles Walker praises the impartiality of the civil service but raises his concerns that the perception of impartiality is damaged by the practice of civil servants clapping in a new Secretary of State for the benefit of TV cameras.  read more »

Charles Walker calls for sensible progress to be made towards reducing carbon emissions.  read more »

Charles Walker condemns the Prime Minister’s mismanagement of the economy over the past 11 years which will result in people losing their homes and jobs and taxpayers having to foot the £500 billion cost of rescuing the banking system.  read more »

Charles Walker calls on the PM to stop banks from throwing people who can't pay their mortgage out of their homes - "As a taxpayer-owner of the banks, I now say, 'Not in my name.'

Charles Walker calls for the scrapping of the MP's communications allowance thereby saving the taxpayer about £6.5 million per year.  read more »

As Parliament debates a motion to raise £42 billion, Charles Walker voices his concerns that sooner or later the taxpayer will have to pay for it and that the burden will fall unfairly on those least able to pay.  read more »

Charles Walker calls on the Government for reassurance that it is helping counties such as Hertfordshire to get their money back that is locked up in Icelandic banks.  read more »

Charles Walker highlights the collective failure of the regulatory and banking sectors in the run up to the current financial crisis and calls for more robust regulation of banks at every level.  read more »

Charles Walker calls on the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to apologise to his constituents who feel they have been "led up the garden path by bankers, the regulators and this Government".  read more »