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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win

A critical mistake in political campaigning is to dismiss or belittle. That approach closes doors—literally and figuratively. The post Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Charles Amos: Decriminalising abortion up to birth is too far even for pro-choicers

Judith Jarvis Thomson was a titan in analytical philosophy supporting abortion, yet even she probably wouldn’t have supported this amendment. The post Charles Amos: Decriminalising abortion up to birth is too far even for pro-choicers appeared first on Conservative Home.

Crime
Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Binyamin Jayson: The demographic crisis facing Britain means making hard choices now

Countries such as Japan, Italy and South Korea have discovered the hard way what happens when action is delayed. Britain has so far preferred to look the other way. We cannot afford to any longer. The post Binyamin Jayson: The demographic crisis facing Britain means making hard choices now appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Thomas Heald: Scotland’s charity sector has been slowly nationalised – now they are ‘contractors’

A healthy democracy relies on a balance between those in power and those who hold them accountable. When that balance weakens, democracy does not collapse suddenly. It erodes gradually. The post Thomas Heald: Scotland’s charity sector has been slowly nationalised – now they are ‘contractors’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Watch: Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the London Defence Conference

The world is moving too fast to wait until the next election. Britain has the strengths that matter: outstanding servicemen and women, brilliant intelligence, world-class universities, a powerful defence sector, leading-edge technology, and the freedom to act, if we choose to use it. The post Watch: Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the London Defence Conference appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

The legal migration backdoors we keep leaving open

There is a lesser-explored element of migration, one that works through a series of flaws and loopholes in the system allowing for backdoor entry to Britain. The Government does not know what is happening inside its own visa system, and does not seem especially interested in finding out. The post The legal migration backdoors we keep leaving open appeared first on Conservative Home.

Immigration
Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

David Gauke: If you’re looking for radical economic reform from Reform, think again

For all the hope of bringing renewed dynamism to the British economy, Reform UK will not have assembled a pro-growth electoral coalition. The country may well need a brave and radical government, but the populist right – including Reform UK - is not going to provide it. The post David Gauke: If you’re looking for radical economic reform from Reform, think again appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Stuart Andrew: Under Labour, the NHS doesn’t belong to the people who fund or use it, but the people who threaten it

Labour have chosen the union over the patient, the paymaster over the public, the path of least resistance over the demands of responsible government. Under a Conservative government NHS doctors will no longer have the right to strike. The post Stuart Andrew: Under Labour, the NHS doesn’t belong to the people who fund or use it, but the people who threaten it appeared first on Conservative Home.

Healthcare
Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

David Page: Labour’s centralist planning policies are flawed

Labour’s push for 1.5 million homes risks concentrating power at the centre while failing to solve the real constraint on housing delivery. The post David Page: Labour’s centralist planning policies are flawed appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home12 Apr 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 Home10 Apr 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Reform UK in Kent. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension

Let us at least be honest about what the triple lock has become: not a narrow guarantee against poverty, but a very large and politically protected transfer to the most electorally powerful age bloc in the country. The post Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension appeared first on Conservative Home.

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