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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Israt Sawda: Why I’m standing to be a councillor for Mile End

Tower Hamlets has presided over waste, gross misconduct, and financial mismanagement for too long. Residents deserve a councillor who will scrutinise decisions properly and hold the council to account. The post Israt Sawda: Why I’m standing to be a councillor for Mile End appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Kristian Guise: A Tory revival lies in the centre-right not on the failing altar of the New-Right

With May Elections in the forefront of my mind I'd argue a Tory revival lies in the centre-right not on the failing altar of the New-Right. The post Kristian Guise: A Tory revival lies in the centre-right not on the failing altar of the New-Right appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Martin Parsons: How Pakistan’s blasphemy laws led to the UK’s official definition of ‘Anti-Muslim hostility’

The shock loss of five supposedly safe Labour seats to Gaza independents in the 2024 general election sent shockwaves through the party and heightened demands for the government to formally adopt an official definition of Islamophobia. The post Martin Parsons: How Pakistan’s blasphemy laws led to the UK’s official definition of ‘Anti-Muslim hostility’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Badenoch launches the Conservative Local Election campaign

Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch delivers her keynote address at the official launch of the 2026 Local Election campaign in Westminster. The post Badenoch launches the Conservative Local Election campaign appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative

The CSJ’s analysis shows that on current population estimates children in school today could face working until their mid-70s before receiving a state pension. The post Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

How the Tories are planning a strategic defence review in opposition

The shadow defence secretary refers to "the end of dependency", both on other countries for defence and the public on the state – with a choice to direct spending away from welfare and into defence. The post How the Tories are planning a strategic defence review in opposition appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right

Dr Robert Seely MBE is author of ‘The New Total War’, ConservativeHome’s foreign affairs columnist and a former Conservative MP.  As the worn cliché had it, within living memory the British civil service was a Rolls-Royce machine—so smooth and effective was its operation. The Foreign Office (currently called the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO), […] The post Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

John Cooper: Why Britain must resist a new blasphemy law

Incredibly, Labour’s ludicrously named Social Cohesion Action Plan is flirting with a blasphemy law with its imprecise ‘anti-Muslim hate’ clause. The post John Cooper: Why Britain must resist a new blasphemy law appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Elizabeth Campbell: The Government’s sly plans for a Mansion Tax must be vigorously resisted

Here in Kensington and Chelsea, 21 per cent of homes will be liable for this charge, many of them modest flats, far from so-called mansions. Close to a quarter of our residents will now face bills of up to £7,000 a year. The post Elizabeth Campbell: The Government’s sly plans for a Mansion Tax must be vigorously resisted appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

Callum Murphy: Standing for election in Canary Wharf is a window on what the Conservatives must do to win back young professionals

The task for the Conservative Party is not to reinvent itself entirely. It is to reconnect those enduring principles with the realities of modern life in Britain’s cities. The post Callum Murphy: Standing for election in Canary Wharf is a window on what the Conservatives must do to win back young professionals appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

PMQs: Badenoch gets no answer as to whether the PM ever spoke to Mandelson before appointing him

The Prime Minister dodged questions about his handling of Mandelson to claim the Conservative leader had wanted to go to war. The Speaker pointed out that it was not Opposition Question Time. The post PMQs: Badenoch gets no answer as to whether the PM ever spoke to Mandelson before appointing him appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility

Focussed on domestic issues, the November budget made no reference as to how the 5 per cent NATO defence spending target will be met. The UK Government is doing too little to prepare the British people for the security challenges ahead. The post James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility appeared first on Conservative Home.

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