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Conservative Home1 Apr 2026

Rafe Fletcher: Pro-natalism doesn’t work – communities do

Pro-natalists only echo the mistaken belief that the government could and should control fertility rates. His analysis was as wrong as his prescription. Boosting fertility is a bottom-up endeavour. A thriving nation relies upon vigorous communities. The post Rafe Fletcher: Pro-natalism doesn’t work – communities do appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Apr 2026

Our Survey: Majority support North Sea oil and gas exploration amid war in Middle East

It should be obvious to the government, as it is to the general public, that the North Sea still has resources to exploit that could help to strengthen Britain's energy security. The thing is that Miliband, and hence Labour’s, net-zero ideology gets in the way. The post Our Survey: Majority support North Sea oil and gas exploration amid war in Middle East appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home31 Mar 2026

Fleur Butler: The case for women in power is not fairness – it’s competence

Women bring different instincts to group decision-making. They are less inclined towards automatic loyalty and more likely to interrogate assumptions before committing to a course of action.  The post Fleur Butler: The case for women in power is not fairness – it’s competence appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home31 Mar 2026

Andrew Gilligan: Britain is in a mess, but not as much as you might think

Significant parts of the political debate, on left and right, are based on official statistics which are wrong. And the wrongness more often seems to be in one direction - towards the gloomy, the pessimistic and the negative. The post Andrew Gilligan: Britain is in a mess, but not as much as you might think appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home31 Mar 2026

Our Survey: Big support for Badenoch’s position at the start of the Iran war and for increased defence spending

81.2 per cent of responders back Badenoch in saying she'd have granted use of our bases from the start of operations. 62.3 per cent say they backed the US and Israel striking the Iranian regime. 92.8 per cent back the UK spending more on defence, and faster. The post Our Survey: Big support for Badenoch’s position at the start of the Iran war and for increased defence spending appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026

Tom Munson: Miliband’s lukewarm beer offer is no way to save pubs

Miliband increasingly resembles Don Quixote; the deluded knight from Cervantes’ novel who imagines himself a hero while battling enemies that exist only in his own mind. The post Tom Munson: Miliband’s lukewarm beer offer is no way to save pubs appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026

Martin Parsons: The UK must empower Iranian moderates – and prepare for war

In terms of the political realities on the ground, at the moment the best hope for the future of Iran is probably that a pragmatist of a similar ilk to Gorbachev gains power The post Martin Parsons: The UK must empower Iranian moderates – and prepare for war appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026

Starmer is still missing his defence plan

Sure, ministers can claim that Britain is on “war footing”, but how can it really be when the money remains theoretical. The post Starmer is still missing his defence plan appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Georgia L. Gilholy: Ministers must finally face up to facts and proscribe the IRGC as terrorists

​Leaving the IRGC somewhat to its own devices in Britain makes a mockery of our country and puts real people’s lives in danger. The government must either proscribe what they can now and legislate fast for the rest, or explain their cowardice to the public. The post Georgia L. Gilholy: Ministers must finally face up to facts and proscribe the IRGC as terrorists appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Azeem Ibrahim: We have thousands of citizens in a war zone – Here’s how we welcome them home and fix the country

A tax holiday and two new bonds could turn a geopolitical crisis into the domestic investment story of a generation. It is the simplest most elegant most patriotic economic policy a government could announce. The post Azeem Ibrahim: We have thousands of citizens in a war zone – Here’s how we welcome them home and fix the country appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Mar 2026

Lord Ashcroft: The SNP’s record, the independence debate, what matters to voters, and is Nicola Sturgeon an asset or a liability? My latest Scottish polling

With Holyrood elections just over six weeks away, my latest polling looks at Scottish public opinion towards the SNP government’s record, the parties and leaders, the independence debate, and the issues that will shape the outcome in May The post Lord Ashcroft: The SNP’s record, the independence debate, what matters to voters, and is Nicola Sturgeon an asset or a liability? My latest Scottish polling appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home24 Mar 2026

Peter Franklin: Farage’s plan to kill the Tories is reaching a dramatic conclusion

Kemi Badenoch isn’t just playing defence here. By decisively frustrating Farage’s attempt to kill us off, she might just force Reform to rethink its entire strategy. And once both parties realise they’ve got more important things to worry about than each another, anything is possible. The post Peter Franklin: Farage’s plan to kill the Tories is reaching a dramatic conclusion appeared first on Conservative Home.

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