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Conservative Home22 Jul 2026

Katie Lam: We can only judge Burnham on his record – and it isn’t good

For all of the media excitement around the change of Prime Minister, Burnham looks set to offer more of the same. Though Starmer was an absolutely disastrous Prime Minister, the problem was not just his individual faults. The greater problem was, and is, that the Labour Party’s instincts on how best to fix the country are totally wrong. The post Katie Lam: We can only judge Burnham on his record – and it isn’t good appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home22 Jul 2026

Bernard Jenkin: This is how we restore public confidence in government

Much work remains to flesh this out: better financial and programme management; the proper role of the centre; leadership development for ministers, special advisers, and officials; how to build a smaller, better-paid civil service; the role of AI. The list is long. The post Bernard Jenkin: This is how we restore public confidence in government appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home22 Jul 2026

Marc Goldfinger: What e-bikes tell us about broken Britain

The world is changing quickly, and new technology meant to improve our lives will keep on coming. All it takes is a few bad actors to derail what can be a force for good. In order to keep living in a civilised society, we need to fix those window panes as they break. We need to set clear rules and enforce them from the start. The post Marc Goldfinger: What e-bikes tell us about broken Britain appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Tommy Birch: Winning is a team sport, so here’s my practical guide to Kemi’s five ‘C’s

High-performing teams are built not around one exceptional player but around collective efficacy: the shared belief, reinforced through consistent behaviour, that the group as a whole can achieve its goal. The Conservative Party has that goal. The post Tommy Birch: Winning is a team sport, so here’s my practical guide to Kemi’s five ‘C’s appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Manraj Atwal: Conservatives shouldn’t forget about universities just yet

The Conservative party must stop waiting for this generation to come round on its own. It must go to them with a real offer, give them a stake in society, and something worth conserving; and it needs to make the case with conviction. Do that and turn this apathetic generation into the Conservative generation. The post Manraj Atwal: Conservatives shouldn’t forget about universities just yet appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Lord Ashcroft: Another new prime minister. But is the UK ungovernable?

Starmer’s defenders sometimes argue that he is the victim of voters’ unwillingness to show any patience or accept tough choices. Yet his political downfall is attributable to neither of those, but to avoidable mistakes. In the end, his premiership was a demonstration of bad governance, not of an ungovernable country. The post Lord Ashcroft: Another new prime minister. But is the UK ungovernable? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Andrew Gilligan: Scrapping net zero is the easy part

What the country needs is a proper attempt to sit down and work out what the hierarchy of threats is, what the timescale is, and what we can do about them.   The post Andrew Gilligan: Scrapping net zero is the easy part appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

24 hours of Burnham – what do we make of this whirlwind?

In a matter of hours, Reeves, Lammy and others were sacked from the Cabinet, paving the way for a sort of Mancunian mafia to take control. ‘Cosa Nostra’ the Cabinet whispers together in a thick northern accent, as they sit down for their first meeting The post 24 hours of Burnham – what do we make of this whirlwind? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

David Willetts: Fiscal conservatism should be at the heart of the Tory Party

The Coalition’s tough spending savings could have got us to a balanced budget without that expensive offset. Fiscal conservatism should be at the heart of Conservatism. You can’t get more dry than that. The post David Willetts: Fiscal conservatism should be at the heart of the Tory Party appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Britain must stop turning a blind eye to the threat from China

China's proposed embassy is about far more than one building in London; it is a test of whether Britain has fully grasped the nature of the challenge before us. We should be confident enough to engage with China but clear-eyed enough to recognise when our security, sovereignty, and the promise we made to Hongkongers regarding safe refuge without intimidation, are at risk. The post Neil Shastri-Hurst: Britain must stop turning a blind eye to the threat from China appeared first on Conservative Ho

Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Josh Mastin-Lee: Labour’s new planning law could take a wrecking ball to local democracy

I fear for the stability of a planning system which, like Sir Keir, sees the people who wish to discuss bad planning as bothersome “blockers”. The post Josh Mastin-Lee: Labour’s new planning law could take a wrecking ball to local democracy appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home20 Jul 2026

Burnham’s bloodbath reshuffle

Burnham has begun his premiership with a culling of the old guard, and has imposed a new regime which is committed - most of all - to moving power out of Westminster. Much of my evening will now be spent texting Tory MPs in an attempt to understand where the party stands on these appointments, and what the Party should do - if anything - in response The post Burnham’s bloodbath reshuffle appeared first on Conservative Home.

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