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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.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Laurence Fredricks: Building in Britain could have a Burnham problem

The answer is not to berate the commodification of housing, or treat housing as a public service to be commanded into existence. It is to fix the planning system, restore viability, and give the market the conditions it needs to deliver. The post Laurence Fredricks: Building in Britain could have a Burnham problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home27 May 2026

Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections

The surest way to lose the electorate is to repeat the mistake of believing that a different face at the despatch box will save the party. Let Kemi finish the job of rebuilding and rehabilitating the party, and to give voters a reason to come home. The post Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 May 2026

James Mahone: The £4.6 Billion of public money distributed by Arts Council England and the questions nobody is asking

Public trust depends on transparency. We currently have billions of pounds of our money being distributed by an institution that is refusing to explain decision making patterns. The refusal also included not disclosing even coded or anonymised rejection reasoning. The post James Mahone: The £4.6 Billion of public money distributed by Arts Council England and the questions nobody is asking appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home21 May 2026

Charles Amos: In defence of the driving test touts

This change to driving tests will not help the genuinely needy, its ambition to fairness is irrelevant, and, the exploitation mentioned is overstated at best to non-existent. Ultimately, price caps don’t work – and a driving test price cap is no different.  The post Charles Amos: In defence of the driving test touts appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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 Home15 May 2026

Our Survey: Tories expect Burnham to lead Labour to the next election but would ‘prefer’ Starmer did

For Conservative members Andy Burnham was out in front, ten points ahead of Keir Starmer, as to whom they expected to lead into an election, and that was before the rows of this week, but who'd they'd prefer to lead told a different story. Not one Starmer would enjoy. The post Our Survey: Tories expect Burnham to lead Labour to the next election but would ‘prefer’ Starmer did appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsHousing
Conservative Home12 May 2026

Benjamin Elks: Last year, a record 4,733 council employees earned over £100,000

320 council staff had higher salary entitlements than the prime minister’s £172,153. Whatever you think of the current occupant of Number 10 (however long he has left), most people will find it hard to understand why someone working at their local council is getting more than he is. The post Benjamin Elks: Last year, a record 4,733 council employees earned over £100,000 appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home11 May 2026

Nicholas Boys Smith: Five ideas for new councillors

Here are some policies for homes, trams and high streets, street scars and street trees. The post Nicholas Boys Smith: Five ideas for new councillors appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home7 May 2026

John Oxley: Saving our high streets is going to take a lot more than the ‘solutions’ so far offered

Realistically, saving the high street as it was would require the flexing of state power. The alternative is accepting the reality that high street shopping is not coming back and probably means redeveloping high streets into housing and providing community spaces. The post John Oxley: Saving our high streets is going to take a lot more than the ‘solutions’ so far offered appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home4 May 2026

Chico Khan-Ghandapur: “Under New Management” –  Why you can choose to vote for Conservatives on May 7th

People aren’t being asked to return to the old, failed Conservative party, but a newer, more disciplined and more coherent Conservative team: one with new leadership, a renewed commitment to core Conservative values, a coherent policy suite, and visible behavioural changes. The post Chico Khan-Ghandapur: “Under New Management” –  Why you can choose to vote for Conservatives on May 7th     appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home1 May 2026

Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them?

Britain’s current malaise makes Singapore’s problem - the career opportunities are too good to launch a start-up - look like a nice one to have. But there is a deeper link here between political and entrepreneurial cultures. The post Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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