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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Privatisation didn’t fail. We failed privatisation

Privatisation was one of the great achievements of modern Conservatism. But we allowed others to claim it had failed. The truth is simple. The policy succeeded. The system around it did not. The post Matthew Jeffery: Privatisation didn’t fail. We failed privatisation appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Mel Stride: Andy Burnham has a spending problem

If the new Prime Minister wants to succeed, he must show he can learn the lessons of the failures of Starmer and Reeves. For the sake of our country we have to hope so, but I have my doubts. The post Mel Stride: Andy Burnham has a spending problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Kathleen Robertson: Providing Moray with honest and practical leadership

People need calm decision-making, clear priorities and a willingness to act, even when choices are difficult. In Moray, we do that through a minority administration. Some see that as unstable, but I have found it can strengthen decision-making when people listen. The post Kathleen Robertson: Providing Moray with honest and practical leadership appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home26 Jul 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Medway. But Reform UK lost two seats to Labour in Thurrock. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Jamie Mulhall: Britain built the jet engine. Now let’s build the world’s nuclear battery

Modern Britain too often hesitates. We consult, delay and postpone while other countries simply build. The Victorians thought differently. They built railways, docks, bridges and telegraph networks because they understood that infrastructure creates prosperity. The post Jamie Mulhall: Britain built the jet engine. Now let’s build the world’s nuclear battery appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability

The lesson of the past decade could not be clearer, as political stability and fiscal credibility are not optional luxuries for governments. They are the foundations on which the mortgage market, and with it the financial security of millions of British households, depends. The post Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Burnham takes on Farage

All politicians like to be photographed at election time pulling a pint of beer, but the man who has stepped forward for the past 30 years as the true champion of the man in the pub is Nigel Farage. The post Burnham takes on Farage appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsDefenceReform
Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Sarah Ingham: What can we learn from Burnham’s dress sense?

Conveying power is central to early portraiture. Court painters, including Holbein, captured the magnificence of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Majesty was reinforced by Tudor sumptuary laws, which regulated the use of fabric, fur and colours according to social rank. The post Sarah Ingham: What can we learn from Burnham’s dress sense? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Luke Evans: Patients deserve answers to vanishing NHS waiting lists

The Government has spent months celebrating progress on NHS waiting lists, but beneath the headlines remain questions ministers still cannot answer. In March alone, more than 350,000 patients were removed from NHS waiting lists without receiving treatment. The post Luke Evans: Patients deserve answers to vanishing NHS waiting lists appeared first on Conservative Home.

Healthcare
Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

John Bald: Why multiplication matters

HM Treasury, whose work depends on numbers, has removed tests of literacy and numeracy from its selection process, to promote “diversity”. But intellect has no race or gender. The post John Bald: Why multiplication matters appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jul 2026

Rhys Hurley: Bigger councils don’t mean better value

The larger and more remote councils become, the harder it is for residents to influence decisions and hold elected representatives to account. If councils are to be merged, put it to the people who pay the bills via referendum. If affected residents vote for it, proceed; if they vote against it, stop.  The post Rhys Hurley: Bigger councils don’t mean better value appeared first on Conservative Home.

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