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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected

Reform UK and the Lib Dems are also making big gains from the Conservatives. The post Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Deborah Taylor: There are signs of Reform UK’s declining momentum Leicestershire

A portion of voters who backed Reform in 2025 as an insurgent alternative are now more hesitant, even if they are not uniformly returning to the Conservatives. The post Deborah Taylor: There are signs of Reform UK’s declining momentum Leicestershire appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK?

Fortune favours the brave. My hope is that the party that reaches out beyond its comfort zone — and the sterile zero-sum game with its Right-of-centre rival — will be rewarded for it. The post Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump?

On the local elections a clear majority thought a bad night for Labour would be a reflection on the Labour government generally or Keir Starmer in particular. A majority of 2024 Labour voters also said it would be down to Starmer or Labour in general, and were evenly divided between the two. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Just one result this week. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Malvern Hills. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Joey Gwinn: Where Reform wins, their own voters lose the most

Having broken nearly all his promises, Farage has given many supporters the polar opposite of what they voted for. The post Joey Gwinn: Where Reform wins, their own voters lose the most appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in Salford. The post Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Henry Higgins: How can we get infrastructure projects unblocked?

The practices that control the management of public money are very different to the methods that are used for private, investor money. The post Henry Higgins: How can we get infrastructure projects unblocked? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Apr 2026

Populists prosper when liberals no longer know the people

In his new history of liberalism Wooldridge finds ample cause for pessimism. The post Populists prosper when liberals no longer know the people appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Apr 2026

Louie French: Why do Khan and Cunningham want to build over Bexley?

Bexley has long had to tolerate ‘zone one’ London mayors who know nothing about our borough and now we are seeing what Labour and Reform’s ‘grey belt’ policy means in practice but the truth is, with many examples, we aren't a NIMBY area. The post Louie French: Why do Khan and Cunningham want to build over Bexley? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from Reform UK in Northumberland. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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