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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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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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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Mike Newton: Can Burnham really convince the Bond markets?

Burnham may not realize that this is 2026, and both the underlying problems and the PLP are very different from his Wilsonian and Blairite analogues. Stephen Pollard's observation that 'his political body clock stopped when he was last in office' may prove to be on the money. The post Mike Newton: Can Burnham really convince the Bond markets? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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

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 Home7 Jul 2026

David Rogers: It is possible to deliver new homes and retain the character of our villages

A planning system can only function properly when the wider economy supports investment, controls inflation and rewards enterprise. The post David Rogers: It is possible to deliver new homes and retain the character of our villages appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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.

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Conservative Home2 Jul 2026

Ewan Woods: Botched devolution plans won’t deliver efficient local government

Simply pushing for more devolution as a fix fails to reconcile the dodgy foundations the current local government settlement is built upon. The post Ewan Woods: Botched devolution plans won’t deliver efficient local government appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Jun 2026

Terri Bloore: The nature of the debate about tackling climate change has finally grown up – in London

The current approach to Net Zero requires greater honesty about costs, timescales and delivery. We need to build resilience, energy security, capital allocation, productivity, and long-term competitiveness. This is the way forward - not protest, fear mongering and symbolism. The post Terri Bloore: The nature of the debate about tackling climate change has finally grown up – in London appeared first on Conservative Home.

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