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Conservative Home21 Aug 2026

Reva Gudi: No ID is required for NHS care, but GP receptionists should not be immigration officials

NHS care may be free at the point of use, but it is never free to provide. This is not an argument about immigration. It is about entitlement, fairness and responsible stewardship of a finite resource. The NHS has a responsibility towards its patients and is accountable to the taxpayer. It must stay true to both. The post Reva Gudi: No ID is required for NHS care, but GP receptionists should not be immigration officials appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Aug 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Universal healthcare will die if the NHS does not change

The NHS is not failing because hospitals are weak. It is failing because the system behind them is breaking down. Until Britain rebuilds social care, every promise to save the NHS will remain another expensive illusion. The post Matthew Jeffery: Universal healthcare will die if the NHS does not change appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Callum McGoldrick: Failure pays well in the NHS

Fudged figures, increasing executive salaries and declining performance. This is the true legacy of Starmer’s two years presiding over the NHS. The new health secretary, Yvette Cooper, is yet to lay out any new plans to boost performance, but one thing is very clear: increasing salaries to ever new highs is not the answer. The post Callum McGoldrick: Failure pays well in the NHS appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead

Much of this is challenging to communicate to a country which has a very low risk appetite for investing in the first place, and a media environment that often frames business profits as an exclusively negative thing. No one likes the establishment doing better – it’s all Reform and the Greens seem to talk about nowadays. The post Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Luke Evans: Patients deserve answers to vanishing NHS waiting lists

The Government has spent months celebrating progress on NHS waiting lists, but beneath the headlines remain questions ministers still cannot answer. In March alone, more than 350,000 patients were removed from NHS waiting lists without receiving treatment. The post Luke Evans: Patients deserve answers to vanishing NHS waiting lists appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Aled Richards-Jones: Pedestrianisation and al-fresco hospitality: a breath of fresh air for our high streets

The high street is deeply embedded in British culture. Brits of all generations have felt a strong attachment to their row of local shops. The reverse holds today, with boarded-up shops often symbolising neglect, a lack of pride, and economic decline. The post Aled Richards-Jones: Pedestrianisation and al-fresco hospitality: a breath of fresh air for our high streets appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Henry Clifford: Mental health is the missing link for immigrant integration

Integration is an increasingly important part of our politics. To address the issues caused by mass immigration properly we need to broaden our analysis to include all elements of the process, only then can we formulate policies which address the underlying issues. The post Henry Clifford: Mental health is the missing link for immigrant integration appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Jun 2026

Reva Gudi: When told ‘this is not how we do it in the NHS’ – I’ve started asking ‘Why not?’ even if that’s risky

Despite decades of 'reforms' that weren't really, the fundamental problems - waiting lists, workforce shortages, broken relationship with social care and the list goes on- are largely intact. All of this in the face of growing demand and finite resources. The post Reva Gudi: When told ‘this is not how we do it in the NHS’ – I’ve started asking ‘Why not?’ even if that’s risky appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jun 2026

Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too

Most bizarrely, Brits abelieve the NHS generates a 34 per cent profit but It is, of course, not profitable in any way. And its sacred nature generates a consensus that anything else would be a moral transgression. That attitude pervades throughout public services. The post Rafe Fletcher: How a Thai meal and Singapore shows our state should think about profit too appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jun 2026

Thomas Heald: Scotland’s hospitality sector needs breathing space, not more burdens

When a pub closes, we do not simply lose a business. We lose somewhere birthdays are celebrated and football dissected, where neighbours become friends and people who might otherwise never meet end up discussing issues from politics to gardening to the best local takeaway.  The post Thomas Heald: Scotland’s hospitality sector needs breathing space, not more burdens appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy

For decades Labour warned that Conservatives would privatise the NHS. Yet Wes Streeting may ultimately be remembered as the Health Secretary who convinced growing numbers of GP practices that the traditional NHS model is no longer sustainable The post Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 May 2026

Nigel Huddleston: Why does Labour have a problem with tourism and hospitality?

Since Rachel Reeves' first budget, about half of all jobs lost have been in the hospitality and tourism sectors – that's more than 100,000 jobs. Never mind about the tens of thousands more that have never been created in the first place. The post Nigel Huddleston: Why does Labour have a problem with tourism and hospitality? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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