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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.

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Conservative Home2 Jul 2026

Kay Isa: Britain’s Turkish Cypriots are a natural Conservative ally that the party is overlooking

The values that define Turkish Cypriot Britain, family, faith, hard work, patriotism and a belief that if you graft you get on, are Conservative values. They always have been. The question is whether the Party is willing to show up, listen and build the relationship this community deserves. The post Kay Isa: Britain’s Turkish Cypriots are a natural Conservative ally that the party is overlooking appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

PMQs Kemi Badenoch criticises the Prime Minister’s Defence Investment plan as ‘too weak, too short, and too late’

The Prime Minister tried to defend his record on defence and criticised the last Conservative Government, but Badenoch pointed out the threat level has increased in the two years Starmer had been in office. The post PMQs Kemi Badenoch criticises the Prime Minister’s Defence Investment plan as ‘too weak, too short, and too late’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Howard Leigh: The Employment Rights Act was not Starmer’s favourite policy – Burnham seems far keener

Perhaps the reason Starmer never boasted about the Act was that he didn’t want to rush this into legislation, or intended much of it to go into the long grass. The feeling is that the Burnham camp very much welcomed this Act and are even keener to ingratiate themselves to the Unions. The post Howard Leigh: The Employment Rights Act was not Starmer’s favourite policy – Burnham seems far keener appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

The end of Starmer drama and the soap opera of coronation street – but who IS our next PM?

We are entitled to more than the carefully crafted cheeky chap with his dress down bonhomie but real, solid, answers to politically serious questions about Britain's future and his plans for shaping that. The post The end of Starmer drama and the soap opera of coronation street – but who IS our next PM? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026

Miriam Cates: Kim Leadbeater, like Keir Starmer, needs to be told the game is up

In this context, facing likely defeat and provoking certain division, it would be madness for Lauren Edwards’ new Bill to pass. It is time a delegation paid Ms Leadbeater and Ms Edwards a visit and put their Bill out of its misery. Andy Burnham would breathe a sigh of relief. The post Miriam Cates: Kim Leadbeater, like Keir Starmer, needs to be told the game is up 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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Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Lee Rotherham: The Government’s weakness on defence is only rivalled by the weakness of their defence

The current defence budget is £62.2bn. Our figure, £70.3bn, is merely the estimate for being able to stay in the next big fight for more than a week – and, more immediately, for looking like a sufficiently serious threat for a peer or near-peer power not to chance their hand and start it. The post Lee Rotherham: The Government’s weakness on defence is only rivalled by the weakness of their defence appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance

Britain First, Yes. Britain Isolated, No. It was the first global nation, even before the age of globalisation. Through language, trade and travel, to say nothing of military and other commitments, we remain a global nation now. The post Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

Rob Marston: Looking after our veterans is part of looking after our national security

We cannot ask more of our Armed Forces without doing more for those who have served. If we want future generations to join the Armed Forces, they must be shown that they will be properly supported when their service ends. The post Rob Marston: Looking after our veterans is part of looking after our national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched

Adopting an open, market-based approach could offer a refreshing alternative to the status quo. The future can be a great one - only if the Brexit opportunities are embraced. The political party that does could very well win the next General Election. The post Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories

Politics is rarely as straightforward as the polling makes out. Elections are still fought constituency by constituency, ward by ward and doorstep by doorstep. Aberdeen South and Swindon are reminders that electoral resilience matters, that local campaigning still counts and that recovery is possible long before the commentators notice it. The post Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories appeared first on Conservative Home.

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