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Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

Nikita Malik: Expanding free childcare to parents on benefits would be a costly mistake

Parents who go out to work instil values of discipline, routine, and aspiration in their children. Expanding free childcare provision to those who have never worked, and may never plan to, would pile more pressure on the families already contributing and trying to hold it all together. The post Nikita Malik: Expanding free childcare to parents on benefits would be a costly mistake appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

John Oxley: The Conservatives need to find their authenticity

To win, we need to pick up seats across different places with different demographics. Policy will do some of the work on this, but we also need to find people who can cultivate that sort of support. Candidates who understand not just what their constituency looks like, but what the Conservative Party is actually standing for within it The post John Oxley: The Conservatives need to find their authenticity appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics16 Jul 2026

Can Andy Burnham solve the UK's housing crisis?

BBC Verify has looked at the scale of the housing challenge facing Burnham when he becomes PM.

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Express Politics15 Jul 2026

Beloved ponies in iconic UK beauty spot saved after Natural England U-turn

Dartmoor ponies will be protected at current levels, Government says

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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one

What we are seeing is a consistency of position being forged that is neither wet nor dry, left or right, but 'Conservative' as defined by the current leadership. But I'm not expecting this so called purge to produce mass casualties, and it's fundamentals aren't even new. The post Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Nick Austen: Shared ownership is the most un-conservative housing policy ever devised

Ownership changes people, and Thatcher understood why: it is not the asset that matters but what it represents. Independence. Responsibility. A stake in the country you live in. Shared ownership is the precise opposite of that instinct. The post Nick Austen: Shared ownership is the most un-conservative housing policy ever devised appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Zack Polanski accused of 'squatting' in houseboat as housing arrangements under fire

The Green Party leader's housing arrangements have been criticised

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Tell us: what do you want from the next Labour leader and UK prime minister?

Ahead of Andy Burnham taking over from Keir Starmer, we’d like to hear what qualities, values and priorities people want to see in the next prime minister Andy Burnham is to become the next prime minister after winning the backing of 349 of the party’s MPs to replace Keir Starmer. In a recent op-ed in The Times, Burnham wrote: “Doing politics differently means levelling with the public, engaging them in decisions and ensuring more social value in return for increased government spending.” Conti

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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

Labour Cancels Tory Vote Forcing Burnham to Face Commons

Labour whips have cancelled the Tories’ Opposition Day, which would have included a vote to force Andy Burnham to face the House of Commons for at least a day before recess. Running from scrutiny… As it currently stands Thursday will be recess day for the long summer break and MPs won’t return to the Commons…

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Noah Khogali: Why Labour’s online safety panic is actually a gift to predators

The government’s role should not be to build flimsy digital fences, but to ensure parents are equipped with the technical literacy to enforce their own household rules, and that children are taught the critical resilience needed to navigate the modern world. The post Noah Khogali: Why Labour’s online safety panic is actually a gift to predators appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

UK Cyber Defence Could Be Curtailed Over Environmental Concerns After ICJ Opinion

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an advisory opinion on climate change and (for some reason) military cyber operations. Apparently they’re linked… The opinion states that countries must give greater weight to environmental concerns when conducting cyber warfare. As one analyst puts it: “With respect to cyber operations, many such operations might have…

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Benefit claimants exempt from hosepipe bans – 'lunacy in Labour’s two-tier Britain'

In Hampshire, where three 34C heatwaves have scorched lawns this summer, the rules are apparently not being applied equally to all households.

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