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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Isabel Goodwin: To take on Burnham, the Tories must reignite their communities first approach

The Conservatives must have a clear, alternative vision and plan for delivery in response. One that is based on the core conservative principles of streamlining red tape, unlocking private investment, and trusting that local people know their communities best The post Isabel Goodwin: To take on Burnham, the Tories must reignite their communities first approach appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Ian Acheson: A review of our Prisons system must not be so broad it gets blurred

The risk with a system‑wide mandate is that distinctly different threats – overcrowding, organised crime, Islamist extremism, chronic under‑staffing – are flattened into a single story about “pressure”. The post Ian Acheson: A review of our Prisons system must not be so broad it gets blurred appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it?

Currently we tax young people for getting an education that often doesn’t enhance their income, tax employers for hiring them, tax them for coupling up, ration the asset they most need to access adult life, and, when they fall into depression and despondence, reward them for giving up. The post Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter

If Farage does beat a bin, and a fox, in an odd mirror of the count at Makerfield just to get his old job back - the result will be rubbish, if the Standards Committee simply carries on the investigation, suspends him, a recall ballot is held, and we end up doing it all over again. The post Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job

He's led the SBS and Special Forces' work is about small teams delivering strategic effect. It’s inherently political and led by people who see the bigger picture. In Parliament, he's also been one of the few of the Labour Parliamentary intake who has stood out. The post Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses

In ten days-time, a man who spent three quarters of his working life in London, and most of that time in politics, will step into Downing Street and try to convince the country that he is an outsider. He’ll presume to tell us about the Makerfield test, Manchesterism, and “doing things differently.” The post Andrew Griffith: Burnham must back British businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009

Councils purchasing commercial office blocks, hotels and shopping centres, building substantial property portfolios on the basis of low interest rates and overly optimistic investment returns has left an enormous burden on taxpayers. The post Benjamin Elks: Local Authority debt has doubled since 2009 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors

The Conversion Practices Bill sounds kind but is ideological authoritarianism by the back door. The question is, do the Conservatives have the gumption to take on Stonewall and the rest of the TQ+ lobby, in a way that Labour won't? The post Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Rafe Fletcher: The fourth of July: pragmatism over purity

That light-touch dispersed approach was how Britain otherwise governed its empire. America was the aberration. And rehashing centralised principles today breeds the same futility. Instead, Britain must take Washington’s realist view and make the best of things as they are. Pragmatism over purity. The post Rafe Fletcher: The fourth of July: pragmatism over purity appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Andy Street: The country doesn’t want to be misled it wants to be levelled with – so tackle the triple lock

Do I want to punish older generations? No. The parties leading the polls have decided the way to win is to promise that nothing hard will ever be asked of anyone. This is a dead end, and the pensions triple lock has become the clearest test of whether a politician will level with people. The post Andy Street: The country doesn’t want to be misled it wants to be levelled with – so tackle the triple lock appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation?

Each month, Farage becomes a greater liability for his own party. Gone are the days when he could be wheeled out in front of a crowd and watch Reform's polling skyrocket. He is a marmite politician now The post ‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK

The Home Secretary, for example, has the power to change the rules. Between Parliament’s absolute power, and the broad powers delegated to ministers – a Government has the ability to act very quickly and very decisively. But will it? The post Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK appeared first on Conservative Home.

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