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Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives held a seat in Cheshire West & Chester. But the Conservatives lost a seat to the Green Party in Slough. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsEnvironment
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Tommy Birch: John Healey’s resignation is proof the government has lost the ability to make hard choices

Healey's critique, that the plan is backloaded when the danger is front-loaded, that the Treasury has prioritised fiscal comfort over national security, and that the armed forces are being asked to operate with reduced readiness, is not a partisan argument. It is a strategic one The post Tommy Birch: John Healey’s resignation is proof the government has lost the ability to make hard choices appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyDefence
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Arthur Reynolds: Short week working in Whitehall means long term delays in delivery

The next right-wing government needs to end the presumption that officials’ every need must be accommodated, forcing departments to record who is working when, and making clear that the most senior civil servants are paid to be available when government needs them. The post Arthur Reynolds: Short week working in Whitehall means long term delays in delivery appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

“He agrees with me” – Badenoch reads Healey’s resignation letter

The Conservative leader points out that she has been saying the same things about Labour's position on defence investment as the former Defence Secretary tells his own Prime Minister on quitting. The post “He agrees with me” – Badenoch reads Healey’s resignation letter appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Kemi, are you waiting to say ‘I told you so’?

This was not some unpredictable catastrophe arriving from nowhere. It was a foreseeable outcome of deliberate choices. Labour chose to put welfare spending ahead of defence. Labour chose to delay the release of the DIP for the best part of a year. The post Kemi, are you waiting to say ‘I told you so’? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Sarah Ingham: The past is the past and sometimes, when it comes to policing, it’s best left there

Today’s powder-keg Britain demands focus on resolving today’s problems. Social conditions in 1948 are irrelevant.  The public wants to be on the side of Police officers. For the country’s sake, the Police need to stay present. The post Sarah Ingham: The past is the past and sometimes, when it comes to policing, it’s best left there appeared first on Conservative Home.

Crime
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Maurisa Coleman: Healey’s resignation exposes Labour’s failure of statecraft

It is not simply the departure of a minister. It is a warning that, at a moment when Britain requires greater urgency, resilience and strategic direction, this government appears increasingly unable—or unwilling—to provide them. The post Maurisa Coleman: Healey’s resignation exposes Labour’s failure of statecraft appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home12 Jun 2026

Jeremy Maddocks: Why Conservatives should not surrender our parks to cannabis smokers

Wanting parks that families can enjoy without the smell of drugs is not puritanical. Expecting the law to be upheld is not authoritarian. And believing that visible disorder matters is not old-fashioned. The post Jeremy Maddocks: Why Conservatives should not surrender our parks to cannabis smokers appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home11 Jun 2026

Ted Newson: Why Europe must prioritise firm power

China, India and the United States are exploiting their domestic energy advantages to support economic growth and industrial competitiveness. Britain should do the same. The post Ted Newson: Why Europe must prioritise firm power appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home11 Jun 2026

BREAKING: Healey quits as Defence Secretary with hard truths for Starmer in resignation letter

His loss is a blow to Labour not just Starmer. However I doubt this is the last we see of John Healey in government, for what inevitably must come next: a change at the top.  The post BREAKING: Healey quits as Defence Secretary with hard truths for Starmer in resignation letter appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home11 Jun 2026

Romilly Dennys: Our small charities are the Big Society – time to throw them a lifeline.

Conservatives have been eager to champion startups, small businesses, AI firms and tech entrepreneurs, but philanthropists who want to give back to their local communities are often welcome behind closed doors yet rarely backed at the national level. The post Romilly Dennys: Our small charities are the Big Society – time to throw them a lifeline. appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home11 Jun 2026

How the ‘Masterpiece Paradox’ and ‘Brother’s where art thou’ reveal Reform’s problem with tactics vs strategy

Three recent interventions from Reform are, even as an opponent reasonable enough, tactically understandable, but expose; a lack of thinking about overall strategy, chinks in the armour of constantly stated positions, and a attempting a drift to the left and right simultaneously The post How the ‘Masterpiece Paradox’ and ‘Brother’s where art thou’ reveal Reform’s problem with tactics vs strategy appeared first on Conservative Home.