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Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

Gavin Rice: The North Sea is Miliband’s fossil fuelled wake up call

Taking together the costs that could plausibly be reversed by the state, Onward calculates that 30 per cent of a typical bill is due to policy choices. The Government should be rolling back these imposed costs, starting with the carbon taxes on gas power. The post Gavin Rice: The North Sea is Miliband’s fossil fuelled wake up call appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

Alex Dale: SEND reform – a moment for Conservative reflection, not reflex opposition

We are spending more, yet too many families, schools and councils remain dissatisfied. And too many children are not receiving the support they need to thrive. The post Alex Dale: SEND reform – a moment for Conservative reflection, not reflex opposition appeared first on Conservative Home.

Education
Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Arthur Reynolds: It’s time for the Tories to show Labour’s handling of the NHS is a dead end Streeting

The public has become immune to the new Labour spin Streeting personifies. When he took office, 41 per cent of the public thought Labour was best placed to run the NHS. Today, just 19 per cent say the same. It's up to the Conservatives to hold him to account. The post Arthur Reynolds: It’s time for the Tories to show Labour’s handling of the NHS is a dead end Streeting appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Stephen Goss: How the rest of the UK risks becoming more like a Northern Ireland we’ve all been trying to leave behind

Northern Ireland demonstrates what happens when identity becomes the primary organising principle of politics. Compromise becomes betrayal, opponents become enemies, and institutions are forced to manage division rather than bridge it. The post Stephen Goss: How the rest of the UK risks becoming more like a Northern Ireland we’ve all been trying to leave behind appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

This year the Easter message has been masked by a societal, even global, lack of faith – in ourselves

Easter had always been more central to the Christian church than Christmas since 380 AD. The thing is, the messages we’ve had broadcast to us this year - minus one from the King - have been less doctrines of faith, and more dockyard fighting. The post This year the Easter message has been masked by a societal, even global, lack of faith – in ourselves appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Alexander Bowen: We have entered the age of the inequality-industrial complex

The state causes inequality. Expansions of the state cause expansions in (statistical) inequality, justifying expansions of the state. Spotting that tautology, and knowing why it’s wrong, has never been more essential. The post Alexander Bowen: We have entered the age of the inequality-industrial complex appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Claire Coutinho: The UK is hamstrung by the ‘Carbon Tax’ in the face of another global supply shock

We are the only political party with a properly funded plan to cut bills and axe the Carbon Tax in its entirety – and we’re the only political party that has written the legislation needed to open up the North Sea. The post Claire Coutinho: The UK is hamstrung by the ‘Carbon Tax’ in the face of another global supply shock appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital

We should be focused on increasing the number of homes, particularly family homes, while also improving their aesthetics. Too many developments look like very tall, soulless, human greenhouses that some of us would not even place our house plants in; they are that ogreish. The post Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 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 Home3 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Labour in Rossendale. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Bury and a seat from the Lib Dems in Luton. But the Lib Dems gained a seat from an independent in North Devon. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Chico Khan-Gandapur: A heads up for the Tories – beyond policy, it’s feelings and identity that drives voters

Rational policy design still matters enormously, because bad policy can wreck lives, economies and ecosystems, but it has to work through emotional and identity‑based channels first, rather than pretending to hover above them. The post Chico Khan-Gandapur: A heads up for the Tories – beyond policy, it’s feelings and identity that drives voters appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Matthew Jeffery: To take the path of modernisation not austerity is the real test of nerve (part 2)

AI could cut £30–50bn from public spending. Productivity, prevention and a learning state can deliver real fiscal headroom and lower taxes and AI can transform government. The only question left is whether government has the courage to act. The post Matthew Jeffery: To take the path of modernisation not austerity is the real test of nerve (part 2) appeared first on Conservative Home.

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