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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots

Too many local associations still behave as though visibility during election season is enough. Too many councillors still rely on outdated political assumptions in an environment that no longer rewards complacency. And too many local structures continue to confuse survival with renewal. The post Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Andrew Gilligan: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, louder – just get on with it, in London

Winning the most important job in England outside Westminster – a year before the general election - would give the Tories an undeniable recovery story, a big bully pulpit, the ability to outshine Labour on crime, taxation and public service provision. The post Andrew Gilligan: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, louder – just get on with it, in London appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Starmer is beneath the hooves of the Westminster herd

Having cheered the downfall of Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister now confronts the same fate himself. If this is meant to be Starmer fighting for survival, one wonders what surrender would look like. The post Starmer is beneath the hooves of the Westminster herd appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

David Willetts: The Conservatives are actually good at coalitions, but under their own name

Conservatives have, in the past, been good at building up broad coalitions behind big all-embracing Conservative principles, interpretations of which may differ. If we won’t create our own coalitions then the electorate are going to force us into one on someone else’s terms. The post David Willetts: The Conservatives are actually good at coalitions, but under their own name appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Andrew Griffith: Forget the Starmer-drama, Britain is slipping towards economic oblivion

Over the next few years things are only likely to get worse.  Labour will continue to borrow huge sums, because they don’t understand that someone has to be willing to buy all the debt they issue.  Like in the 1970s, the markets will demand ever more in return for that borrowing.  The post Andrew Griffith: Forget the Starmer-drama, Britain is slipping towards economic oblivion appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Benjamin Elks: Last year, a record 4,733 council employees earned over £100,000

320 council staff had higher salary entitlements than the prime minister’s £172,153. Whatever you think of the current occupant of Number 10 (however long he has left), most people will find it hard to understand why someone working at their local council is getting more than he is. The post Benjamin Elks: Last year, a record 4,733 council employees earned over £100,000 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home11 May 2026

Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons

Lowering taxes can be a win-win-win situation. It increases individual liberty, it benefits society as a whole and also can raise tax revenue. We can point to both theory and practice to back this statement up. The post Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Michael Enea: There has to be a total overhaul inside the Welsh Conservatives

There also needs to be a total clear-out of staff at the top of the Welsh Conservatives. A change of leadership is needed and that means Darren Miller needs to step aside. A total overhaul is now needed with a fresh start to start re-engaging with the party’s membership base. The post Michael Enea: There has to be a total overhaul inside the Welsh Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home11 May 2026

Thomas Heald: Devolution has not failed in Scotland – yet

The Conservatives achieved their greatest modern success when we looked optimistic, competent and outward-looking: patriotic without sounding angry, serious without sounding technocratic, conservative without appearing reactionary. The post Thomas Heald: Devolution has not failed in Scotland – yet appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home11 May 2026

Starmer’s speech will sound old, familiar and stale – whatever’s next the Tories must avoid that fate and keep climbing

The Tories are still staring up a mountain with a long hard slog to go, and could still find another grinning and laughing at them from above when they get closer to the top, but the point is they aren’t going backwards. The path they choose next is the vital bit. The post Starmer’s speech will sound old, familiar and stale – whatever’s next the Tories must avoid that fate and keep climbing appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home11 May 2026

David Gauke: Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left – Labour’s dilemma is also that of the Tories

The strategic challenge for the Tories is that it has been losing support to both its right and left.  Move decisively to the right and more votes get lost to left-wing parties, move decisively to the left and watch Reform steal the Tories’ lunch. The post David Gauke: Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left – Labour’s dilemma is also that of the Tories appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home11 May 2026

Mel Stride: It’s back to work – not just the job of Opposition but our plans for backing work itself

There is a long way to go to the next General Election. Seriousness, clarity and conviction. That is our path back. We must show the public we understand the challenges that they and the country are facing, and that we are doing the deep thinking to deliver it. The post Mel Stride: It’s back to work – not just the job of Opposition but our plans for backing work itself appeared first on Conservative Home.

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