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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Joey Gwinn: Rejoining the EU would cost over £31bn a year – it will bankrupt us, not save us

Such tax or spend changes would be economically apocalyptic; there is no realistic avenue in which to fund a return to the EU. The post Joey Gwinn: Rejoining the EU would cost over £31bn a year – it will bankrupt us, not save us appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Darren Millar: Wales has had enough of Labour – but there is a pathway to real change

We're offering a fully costed and authentically conservative manifesto. After 27 years of falling standards and economic decline under Labour, this is an offer of a better future: lower taxes, better public services, and a growing economy. The post Darren Millar: Wales has had enough of Labour – but there is a pathway to real change appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative

The CSJ’s analysis shows that on current population estimates children in school today could face working until their mid-70s before receiving a state pension. The post Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Elizabeth Campbell: The Government’s sly plans for a Mansion Tax must be vigorously resisted

Here in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 per cent of homes will be liable for this charge, many of them modest flats, far from so-called mansions. Close to a quarter of our residents will now face bills of up to £7,000 a year. The post Elizabeth Campbell: The Government’s sly plans for a Mansion Tax must be vigorously resisted appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility

Focussed on domestic issues, the November budget made no reference as to how the 5 per cent NATO defence spending target will be met. The UK Government is doing too little to prepare the British people for the security challenges ahead. The post James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT

Reforming VAT in a first Conservative budget would create the basis for accelerated economic growth and be consistent with the reforming approach shown by the best of our predecessors. The post Ben Fletcher: The abolition of Stamp Duty is a great first step, but for further tax reform lets talk VAT appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home17 Mar 2026

James Mahone: The British growth covenant – how you turn fiscal discipline into national renewal

A consistent blunder by successive governments has been to allow savings to become absorbed in day-to-day consumption rather than invested in Britain’s productive capacity. The British Growth Covenant will correct this issue. The post James Mahone: The British growth covenant – how you turn fiscal discipline into national renewal appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home17 Mar 2026

David Willetts: Labour’s New Deal for young people has a focus on apprenticeships – a good idea if understood properly

It's right to try to grow the number of apprenticeships. They are worthwhile and popular. But there are limits. They thrive in environments where there are more regulated jobs and activities. They are not guaranteed routes into long-term stable employment in an open flexible economy. The post David Willetts: Labour’s New Deal for young people has a focus on apprenticeships – a good idea if understood properly appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Callum Price: Davey’s downer on the ‘Dubai Deanos’ and why it’s such muddled thinking

You may not like what Dubai has to offer, but don’t tarnish those who do with the brush of 'tax exiles' and 'washed-up old footballers’. If we were able to attract their like and their ambition, instead of scaring them away, we would all feel the benefits. The post Callum Price: Davey’s downer on the ‘Dubai Deanos’ and why it’s such muddled thinking appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

Callum McGoldrick: Labour’s raid on motorists

The prime minister insisted this week at PMQs that fuel duty has not increased under Labour. This was gaslighting. The freeze is set to end in September in order to pay for the benefits bill, bloated public sector and various other squanderings of taxpayers money. The post Callum McGoldrick: Labour’s raid on motorists appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home10 Mar 2026

Emmanuel Igwe: There’s no such thing as unfunded tax cuts

For the Right to show it has not bought into the narrative of unfunded tax cuts it needs to be emphatic on the benefits of lower taxation as a vehicle for both collective and individual economic freedom and audacious in its pursuit to achieve it. The post Emmanuel Igwe: There’s no such thing as unfunded tax cuts appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home10 Mar 2026

Peter Franklin: Our shallow and simplistic debate over energy policy is a threat to national security

There are no easy solutions. When you hear someone urging the country to get real about the vulnerabilities of renewable energy, but without also acknowledging the fragilities of a hydrocarbon-based economy, the argument is either blinkered or made in bad faith. The post Peter Franklin: Our shallow and simplistic debate over energy policy is a threat to national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

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