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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully

The homes we construct today will form the landscape of Britain for generations. They will shape how children grow up, how neighbours interact and how communities perceive themselves. Building well is therefore not an aesthetic indulgence; it is an act of civic stewardship. The post Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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

Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right

Dr Robert Seely MBE is author of ‘The New Total War’, ConservativeHome’s foreign affairs columnist and a former Conservative MP.  As the worn cliché had it, within living memory the British civil service was a Rolls-Royce machine—so smooth and effective was its operation. The Foreign Office (currently called the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO), […] The post Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right 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 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 Home13 Mar 2026

Neil Garratt and Luke Robert Black: Stop building affordable housing – build subsidised instead

If developers make a profit, they are more incentivised to build communities and, importantly, increase their risk appetite. By ensuring stronger returns, we are more likely to see more diversity, more beauty and, chiefly, higher quality homes for Londoners. The post Neil Garratt and Luke Robert Black: Stop building affordable housing – build subsidised instead appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again

International law in military matters has always been more facade than framework: it lacks enforcement mechanisms, it derives its apparent authority from hegemonic sponsorship, and appealing to it not only fails to constrain great power behaviour but obscures the real debate The post George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

Joshua Guillen: Enfield may see a Conservative revival

When I hear on the doors that residents feel let down by consecutive Labour administrations, the Conservative principles upon which we campaign become more apparent. The post Joshua Guillen: Enfield may see a Conservative revival appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Mar 2026

Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z?

Councils have, with one or two exceptions, an appalling record on building new homes. Labour-run Westminster City Council all but eliminated intermediate housing for young professionals so that they could build more homes for those trapped on welfare. The post Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home4 Mar 2026

Mitchell Palmer: Britain itself might not be broken but its housing market is

Everyone knows the conventional solutions offered to this problem but they do not solve the monopoly problem at the heart of the housing crisis. The post Mitchell Palmer: Britain itself might not be broken but its housing market is appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Mar 2026

David Willetts: Apprenticeships and the ‘New Deal’ for young people

It is great to see the Conservative Party launching its New Deal for Young People which is a bold attempt to plug the gap of not having any offer for younger people. Any evidence of the party thinking beyond its core vote of pensioners is to be welcomed. The post David Willetts: Apprenticeships and the ‘New Deal’ for young people appeared first on Conservative Home.

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