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Conservative Home4 Jun 2026

Benjamin Elks: Councils should not be tempted by a Holiday Tax

Overnight visitor levies may seem like an easy way to generate more cash from people who can’t vote you out, but they could be the final nail in the coffin for many businesses reliant on tourism to stay afloat. The post Benjamin Elks: Councils should not be tempted by a Holiday Tax appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home2 Jun 2026

Brandon To: Why rural renewal is a matter of Conservative survival

This is not just about economics, but about the political survival of Conservatives in rural Britain. Rural voters do not simply want protection from change. They want evidence that their communities still matter economically, to believe their children can build a future without moving away. The post Brandon To: Why rural renewal is a matter of Conservative survival appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsEconomy
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.

EconomyHousing
Conservative Home27 May 2026

Ahmed Imtiaz: Britain needs a modern Sovereign Wealth fund

A sovereign wealth fund properly designed, professionally run, and open to public participation could be one of the most important economic reforms of the next decade. It is not too late for Britain to start thinking generationally again but do we have the ambition to do so. The post Ahmed Imtiaz: Britain needs a modern Sovereign Wealth fund appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home27 May 2026

Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security

What began life as, at best, a noble objective and at worst, a piece of virtue signalling with little thought as to the eventual cost, has not only become a destroyer of jobs and industry, but it's now also directly impacting on our foreign and defence policy The post Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyDefenceEnvironment
Conservative Home25 May 2026

David Gauke: Burnham cannot muddle through fiscal policy forever

At some point tough decisions on public spending are going to have to be made, and neither Burnham nor his party are reconciled to that. He can kick the issue of EU membership into the long grass, but it will not go away and it continues to divide the voters to whom Labour is trying to appeal. The post David Gauke: Burnham cannot muddle through fiscal policy forever appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home25 May 2026

Nigel Huddleston: Why does Labour have a problem with tourism and hospitality?

Since Rachel Reeves' first budget, about half of all jobs lost have been in the hospitality and tourism sectors – that's more than 100,000 jobs. Never mind about the tens of thousands more that have never been created in the first place. The post Nigel Huddleston: Why does Labour have a problem with tourism and hospitality? appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyHealthcare
Conservative Home22 May 2026

How culture flowered, the economy collapsed and democracy died in the Weimar Republic

In this brilliant new history of Germany from 1919-33 we find the weaknesses which latter-day Germans have striven to avoid. The post How culture flowered, the economy collapsed and democracy died in the Weimar Republic appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home21 May 2026

Andrew Griffith: Britain’s deindustrialisation is a national emergency

Steel matters, it’s one of the building blocks of a functioning economy, and that is precisely why it can’t be left to Ministers with little experience of the real world and even less of running a business. The post Andrew Griffith: Britain’s deindustrialisation is a national emergency appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home20 May 2026

PMQs Badenoch brands Labour government as ‘like the Soviets won’

The Tory leader likened Britain under Sir Keir Starmer to the Soviet Union as she attacked his foreign and economic policies at PMQs The post PMQs Badenoch brands Labour government as ‘like the Soviets won’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home20 May 2026

Our Survey: Could Conservatives bring themselves to vote tactically or back a pact?

Twin by-elections have unleashed a fresh discourse: should there be some sort of electoral pact between the Tories and Reform? The option has been floated by two Conservatives – one current MP, one former MP – as a way of consolidating the right and holding back Burnham, whom they regard as disastrous for the economy. The post Our Survey: Could Conservatives bring themselves to vote tactically or back a pact? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home20 May 2026

John Redwood: How much more will Labour cheer for nationalisation?

Labour wants us to believe nationalisation is a superior way of running a business. This Scunthorpe scandal shows just how much taxpayers money you can lose and put at risk by not agreeing public control with prior owners, and not having a realistic business plan. The post John Redwood: How much more will Labour cheer for nationalisation? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy