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Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Saqib Bhatti: China’s influence in our independent schools sector should be treated as a national security threat

Our independent schools are the cornerstone of an internationally respected schooling system. If we continue to treat our educational heritage as expendable, then we risk losing more than just historic buildings. We risk losing sovereignty over how our children are educated. The post Saqib Bhatti: China’s influence in our independent schools sector should be treated as a national security threat appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further

Burnham’s No 10 North may yet prove more symbol than substance. The test will not be where an office is based, but whether power and responsibility genuinely move with it. It is time the Scottish Government remembered that devolution should not stop at Holyrood. The post Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage

Complacency and arrogance is, in part, why we are in opposition at the moment, and why we risk being consumed by Reform if we do not get our act together. It is imperative that such a mindset does not plague the party once again. The post Don’t be complacent – Reform is bigger than Farage appeared first on Conservative Home.

Reform
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

David Gauke: Burnham’s devolution plans won’t work

This, I repeat, is not an argument against devolution. But it is an argument for a hard-headed devolution that considers local responsibility to be more important than regional equality, and makes the tough argument that we have to live with the local consequences of devolved decisions. The post David Gauke: Burnham’s devolution plans won’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Claire Coutinho: Britain’s economic dictatorship isn’t run by generals. It’s run by employment tribunals

We need a reset which puts power back in the hands of the people. Restoring meritocracy and common sense is at the heart of the work Kemi Badenoch has asked me to do as Shadow Equalities Minister, and we will shortly be setting out our plan to achieve it.  The post Claire Coutinho: Britain’s economic dictatorship isn’t run by generals. It’s run by employment tribunals appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Henry Higgins: The truth about “land banking”

Holding planning permissions but not using them; is not a consequence of rapacious capitalism. It is a failure of local government management. The post Henry Higgins: The truth about “land banking” appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home5 Jul 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives lost seats to the SNP in Aberdeenshire, an independent in Cheshire West and Chester and the Lib Dems in Powys. Reform UK gained seats from independents in Torfaen and Powys and a seat from Labour in Harborough. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsReform
Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Greg Smith: Formula 1 is not just fuelling something we can celebrate – but lessons we can learn

The Formula 1 mindset is 'how do we achieve being better than anyone else, in a timeframe that seems impossible, in a cost cap environment and then actually do actually do it. There's a lot we Conservatives, can learn from that and that Britain can benefit from. The post Greg Smith: Formula 1 is not just fuelling something we can celebrate – but lessons we can learn appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Daniel Pitt: There’s a lot of groups the Conservatives need to tap into more and academia is one of them

Yes, the vast majority of academics in our country are on the left of the political spectrum, and they were, and still are, against Brexit. Yet, there are a few academics who are of a conservative persuasion, and the party must tap into this pool of talent. The post Daniel Pitt: There’s a lot of groups the Conservatives need to tap into more and academia is one of them appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

There is an end of term feeling in the political air, a weird calm, but what comes next will be wild

If the Conservatives are stuck with that label of being unprepared, they’ll never get a second chance. Everything they have said and done in the last twelve months suggests they know that, have been doing the work, but it’s not the same as the showing your workings. The post There is an end of term feeling in the political air, a weird calm, but what comes next will be wild appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home3 Jul 2026

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The NATO Summit 2026 and the United Kingdom’s place within it

The Ankara summit will be less about grand declarations than about credibility. NATO has already set an ambitious direction; the challenge now is delivery. For the UK, the stakes are particularly high The post Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The NATO Summit 2026 and the United Kingdom’s place within it appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence