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Conservative Home30 Jul 2026

John Oxley: Burnham’s social care reforms offer the Tories a lifeline

It is not enough for a new PM to say he wants to fix it. Burnham’s premiership will now be defined by his follow through. The Conservatives have to decide if and how they want to be part of that. The post John Oxley: Burnham’s social care reforms offer the Tories a lifeline appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home30 Jul 2026

Jonathan Hulley: The Conservatives should own the issue of leasehold reform

When people work hard, save and buy a home, they should not be buying a bundle of frustrations. They should be buying security, independence and a stake in the future. That is what Conservatives stand for. The post Jonathan Hulley: The Conservatives should own the issue of leasehold reform appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home30 Jul 2026

David Barton: Using the Local Plan to enhance your community

Be it proposing authentic traditional architecture Design Codes or targeted greenery planting of trees and hedgerows, if done en masse this will ellicit the right outcomes and prove that this can be a powerful tool for good.   The post David Barton: Using the Local Plan to enhance your community appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Chase Blount: Sin taxes do not work

Sin taxes don’t work; they don’t positively or significantly reduce consumption of goods, they don’t raise government revenue by much, they cause negative industry reform, and they hurt those on lower incomes the most. The post Chase Blount: Sin taxes do not work appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Harry Richer: Tolerance in Britain is a conversation we cannot keep avoiding

Comfortable conversations rarely fix anything, and Britain has been avoiding this uncomfortable conversation for twenty-plus years while some who have benefitted from our current version of tolerance have started to decide that it no longer applies to them. The post Harry Richer: Tolerance in Britain is a conversation we cannot keep avoiding appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Reva Gudi: I’m a GP – this is what Burnham should do to fix social care instead

I did not arrive at this from a Treasury spreadsheet, but from decades of looking after the elderly in their homes, in care homes, in conversations with families trying to do right by the people they love. The post Reva Gudi: I’m a GP – this is what Burnham should do to fix social care instead appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyHousing
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Miriam Cates: Burnham gets some things right about Thatcher

Through blood, sweat and coal, the North of England was once responsible for generating the wealthiest era in British history. Politicians of all political persuasions should be asking what can be done to make the regions great again, not out of pity or nostalgia, but because the UK’s economic success depends on it.  The post Miriam Cates: Burnham gets some things right about Thatcher appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsEconomy
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Burnham prefers pious aspiration to serious reform

The new PM calls for more apprenticeships, but shows no sign of lifting the burdens on the businesses which might provide them. The post Burnham prefers pious aspiration to serious reform appeared first on Conservative Home.

ReformHousing
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

John Redwood: Nationalisation didn’t work then, and it won’t work now

Everything  Mr Burnham says is geared to polling and to his immediate political task, self defined as seeing off the voting threat from Reform. As Prime Minister he will be judged more by what he does than what he says. The post John Redwood: Nationalisation didn’t work then, and it won’t work now appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
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.

Healthcare
Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Heena Bellara: Kensington and Chelsea has lost its last police front counter

It's about a Mayor who talks about keeping Londoners safe while removing the one form of contact with the police that many residents actually trust and doing so despite his own Assembly telling him to stop. The post Heena Bellara: Kensington and Chelsea has lost its last police front counter appeared first on Conservative Home.

Crime
Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Giles Tagg: The Conservatives must never lose sight of delivering on the ambition to own your own home

Without clear, definitive actions, it will be a missed opportunity to win trust amongst the industry and business leaders. It will also be a missed opportunity to demonstrate the renewal the party has been through. The post Giles Tagg: The Conservatives must never lose sight of delivering on the ambition to own your own home appeared first on Conservative Home.