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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it

This is not political, the very make-up of the GLA means that these changes would return power to Assembly members of all parties, as well as empowering London boroughs and local councillors to do the job they were elected to do. The post Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom?

ultimately, the EU is no longer able to exercise legal power in the UK or constrain Parliament’s decisions. In the constitutional sense, Parliamentary sovereignty and its legal supremacy has been restored, even if in practice it remains shaped by the ongoing political realities facing the UK. The post James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain

Britain has, quite rightly, offered refuge to Hong Kongers fleeing political persecution. It cannot simultaneously allow the apparatus of that persecution to operate, unchecked, within its own borders.  The post Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now

Right now, who is going to bet that any of the current Cabinet will be in their current role by the end of this year. Whatever happens in the Labour civil war, the Opposition shouldn't interfere, and simply adapt to what emerges at the end of it all.  The post You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions

A national conversation implies the nation supports defence. What nation? The SNP opposes nuclear submarines at Faslane, Sinn Fein is against the £50 million Defence Growth Deal in Northern Ireland and Plaid Cymru backs rural resiliance [sic] but ducks defence.  The post Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem

Child-rearing generates massive public returns. We price it as a private cost. That is not sustainable. A tax system designed in the mid-twentieth century for a very different demographic trajectory is producing predictable results. The post George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster

You cannot concrete over productive farmland in one location while removing farmland from production elsewhere, all while arguing that viability is marginal and infrastructure funding uncertain. The post Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Fredrik Ostlund: Four reasons why Sweden’s reckoning is Britain’s warning

Conservatives in the UK and Sweden can learn from each other. We are united by a common belief in individual freedom, order and responsibility, and the beneficial power of free markets. As so often it falls to us to clear up the mess left by flawed leftwing doctrine. The post Fredrik Ostlund: Four reasons why Sweden’s reckoning is Britain’s warning appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: The Government’s SEND reforms are not badly intentioned, but they’ll be bad for those they are supposed to help

What I am not persuaded of is that restricting the legal entitlements of children who depend on them constitutes a solution rather than a postponement, and a costly one at that. The consequences of getting this wrong will not appear in the Department for Education's accounts. The post Festus Akinbusoye: The Government’s SEND reforms are not badly intentioned, but they’ll be bad for those they are supposed to help appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Laurence Fredricks: Building in Britain could have a Burnham problem

The answer is not to berate the commodification of housing, or treat housing as a public service to be commanded into existence. It is to fix the planning system, restore viability, and give the market the conditions it needs to deliver. The post Laurence Fredricks: Building in Britain could have a Burnham problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

New conservative, old Labour

He might resist the framing, but when you strip away the labels and simply ask what the correct answers are to policy issues, you end up with a programme that looks – on most of the biggest subjects – rather conservative. Blair seems to be moving close to Badenoch's position. The post New conservative, old Labour appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home28 May 2026

Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die

Forcing the Bill through is a wholly inappropriate response to reasoned disagreement. It is certainly not the way our democracy ought to be exercised. The post Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die appeared first on Conservative Home.

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