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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

John Oxley: The NHS is there to make you better, but is it there to get you back into work?

The scheme risks further diluting the NHS's performance, introducing a new layer of bureaucracy, and undermining our democratic choices about how money is spent. Services are best when they are focused – not when they are trying to do everything. The post John Oxley: The NHS is there to make you better, but is it there to get you back into work? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Peter Ainsworth: Young people don’t need cheaper loans. They need jobs.

If Conservatives want to address low-value courses, the solution is not to change interest rates or for politicians to anticipate the labour market. It is to change who carries the risk associated with career outcomes. The post Peter Ainsworth: Young people don’t need cheaper loans. They need jobs. appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home26 Feb 2026

Terri Bloore: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Newham

I want to rebuild financial trust and transparency through efficient management and reducing wasteful spending. Just one example of how I would do this is by selling of Newham Dockside, the Council Building that Labour spent £111 million on, yet stands practically empty. The post Terri Bloore: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Newham appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Rochelle Blakeman: The populist right likes lecturing about fertility and childlessness. Conservatives should avoid it

Conservatives should focus on improving economic outlooks and accept that overbearing political tools are often too blunt an instrument for the nuanced, sensitive matter of fertility, children and family life. The post Rochelle Blakeman: The populist right likes lecturing about fertility and childlessness. Conservatives should avoid it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

PMQs Badenoch says Labour is now known as ‘the paedo defenders party’

The Prime Minister faced Kemi Badenoch after his pick for US ambassador was arrested by police over his links to Epstein. The post PMQs Badenoch says Labour is now known as ‘the paedo defenders party’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Jerome Mayhew: The Government’s Railways Bill is coming down, and potentially off, the tracks

There is still time for genuine change to this bill, both in the Commons and then in the Lords. But the Government needs to stop and listen to the concerns of the industry. So far, we have seen no sign that they are listening at all. The post Jerome Mayhew: The Government’s Railways Bill is coming down, and potentially off, the tracks appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Antony Davies: Badenoch is finding her stride, and Reform’s theatre is a gift to the Conservatives

The public is not permanently captive to razzmatazz. When the costs of dysfunction bite, voters return to first principles. The post Antony Davies: Badenoch is finding her stride, and Reform’s theatre is a gift to the Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

The dogged art of making yourself heard when people say they’re not listening

Take a lesson from my driving instructor: 'Take space to make space.' The art of being heard by people who don't want to listen takes determined calm not frustration. It requires seizing the moment, a tactical swallow of humility and then to “KBO” re-stating your case. The post The dogged art of making yourself heard when people say they’re not listening appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

John Redwood: This is a Government of the lawyers, by the lawyers, for the lawyers. Chagos proves it

Keir Starmer, a former government lawyer approaches problems by asking what the law, Treaties and internal law requires him to do. The problem is the lawyers helping him often seem to give bad advice, advice which is also unpopular with the public. The post John Redwood: This is a Government of the lawyers, by the lawyers, for the lawyers. Chagos proves it appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Scarlett Maguire: Trump is now underwater on immigration. What can UK politicians learn from this?

Trump has an outsized importance on British voters’ psyche, and as the past 14 months have progressed much of the public appear increasingly wary of anything that seems to too closely mimic Trump’s America. The post Scarlett Maguire: Trump is now underwater on immigration. What can UK politicians learn from this? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Malcom Gooderham: The resistible rise of Green fascism must not be ignored

The Green wave of anti-Israeli activity is a salutary reminder of an uncomfortable political truth, those on the far Left do not see Jews as a minority worthy of their support. Instead they prefer to isolate and even intimidate them. The post Malcom Gooderham: The resistible rise of Green fascism must not be ignored appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Feb 2026

Mitchell Foyle-York: Jenrick is the internet’s latest right-wing casualty

Robert Jenrick – as well as his team – appear to have been trapped inside an internet echo chamber, and it is clearly having some very damaging effects on his popularity and prospects. The post Mitchell Foyle-York: Jenrick is the internet’s latest right-wing casualty appeared first on Conservative Home.