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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Council by-election result from this week and forthcoming contests

There was only one contest this week. Reform UK gained a seat from an independent in Pembrokeshire. The post Council by-election result from this week and forthcoming contests 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 Home16 Mar 2026

David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close

Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case.  In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from Lincolnshire Independents in North Kesteven. The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Green Party in the Vale of White Horse. But the Lib Dems lost a seat to the Green Party in Liverpool. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Mar 2026

Fleur Butler: How cultural icons are radicalising a generation of girls – straight from the populist playbook

This cuts against the story our commentariat prefers. We are told that young men are the epicentre of radicalisation, volatile, misogynistic, one podcast away from extremism. Not only is this misandrist; it obscures the sharper electoral point. The post Fleur Butler: How cultural icons are radicalising a generation of girls – straight from the populist playbook appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from an independent in Sevenoaks. Reform UK lost a seat to Labour in Durham but gained a seat from Labour in Tamworth and a seat from an independent in Braintree. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Our Survey: Members rally behind Badenoch – but remain split on Reform pact

Support for the Tory leader climbs in our latest ConHome survey, with more than 80 per cent now wanting her to lead the party into the next election – despite divisions over a Reform UK pact. The post Our Survey: Members rally behind Badenoch – but remain split on Reform pact appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Mar 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Margaret Thatcher would never have joined Reform UK

Thatcherism was never the politics of protest. It was the politics of government, grounded in ideas strong enough not only to win power, but to sustain it once won. The post Matthew Jeffery: Margaret Thatcher would never have joined Reform UK 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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Conservative Home3 Mar 2026

Lord Ashcroft: Who is most trusted on the economy, preferred coalitions, the pensions triple lock, should Starmer resign, and are Reform like the Tories?

My latest polling looks at preferred coalitions, tactical voting, which parties have momentum, whether Reform UK are like the Conservatives , whether Keir Starmer should resign, and which Labour leadership contender would make the best PM. The post Lord Ashcroft: Who is most trusted on the economy, preferred coalitions, the pensions triple lock, should Starmer resign, and are Reform like the Tories? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home2 Mar 2026

Laura Trott: Labour love to think of themselves as ‘fair’ but they are failing our young people

The real injustice today is not that the old consensus around higher education and future employment is being questioned. It is that a generation is living with its consequences long after the whole system stopped working for them. The post Laura Trott: Labour love to think of themselves as ‘fair’ but they are failing our young people appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Mar 2026

Newslinks for Sunday 1st March 2026

Iranian regime confirms Khamenei’s death | Starmer calls for diplomatic solution | Simons resigns as Cabinet Office Minister | Farage calls for an end to non-British citizens voting in UK elections The post Newslinks for Sunday 1st March 2026 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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