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Conservative Home22 Apr 2026

Michael Gray: Labour’s tax assault on independent education is a surcharge on self sufficiency

Morally, philosophically and fiscally, the case for a future Conservative Government to reverse this tax on private education is overwhelming. The post Michael Gray: Labour’s tax assault on independent education is a surcharge on self sufficiency appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyEducation
Conservative Home22 Apr 2026

Anakin England: The Conservative argument for a wealth tax

Unequal concentrations of wealth could enable monopoly-like distortions on asset values, interest rates, rents and would end market competition. Reasonably then, there must be a limit on the proportion of wealth held by a minority before it starts to jeopardise normal market function. The post Anakin England: The Conservative argument for a wealth tax appeared first on Conservative Home.

EconomyHousing
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Kamran Balayev: London should lead on resilient AI, not just AI

A conservative answer would argue that strong institutions do not merely adopt new technologies; they ensure those technologies can be trusted when conditions are difficult. It would treat resilient design, fallback capacity, cyber hardening and recovery planning as part of national strength. The post Kamran Balayev: London should lead on resilient AI, not just AI appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Jack Rankin: Labour is throwing SMEs to the scrap heap

The decision to bring any employer with more than 21 staff into the full scope of the trade union access provisions sits uneasily alongside Starmer's repeated commitment that growth was at the centre of his government’s economic purpose. The post Jack Rankin: Labour is throwing SMEs to the scrap heap appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Brandon To: The rise of the nihilists and why “youth clubs” won’t fix that Clapham chaos

Clapham was not the start of a crisis, but it is a final warning. The scenes in Clapham didn’t show a generation struggling to find a place to go; they showed a generation unconcerned with how it behaves once it gets there. The post Brandon To: The rise of the nihilists and why “youth clubs” won’t fix that Clapham chaos appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Come off it, Prime Minister

Sir Keir spoke as though this were all somehow passive, something that only happened to him. Yet he could have asked at any point, particularly after press reports suggested Mandelson had failed vetting. The simpler explanation is that he did not want to know. The post Come off it, Prime Minister appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously

If the Left-of-centre vote collapses from Labour to the Greens and the Tory-Reform psychodrama continues to divide the Right, then we be losing more of our heartlands, not winning them back. The post Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “Labour were always for the working people. Now it’s the non-working people”: my latest focus groups

My last round of focus groups before the May elections took place in Leeds, where we heard from former Tories who had switched to Labour or Reform, and longer-standing Labour voters considering their options; and Bridgend, where Welsh Labour voters pondered the Senedd elections. The post Lord Ashcroft: “Labour were always for the working people. Now it’s the non-working people”: my latest focus groups appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Terri Bloore: My plan to let Newham businesses not just survive, but to grow

Policies that address costs, safety, accessibility, and local accountability are likely to remain central to how the borough’s entrepreneurs and shopkeepers engage with politics in the years ahead. The post Terri Bloore: My plan to let Newham businesses not just survive, but to grow appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home20 Apr 2026

William Duckworth: All roads lead to Wales – and why it will be the decisive battleground of these elections

If the polls are right, the extent of Labour’s failure in Wales will be unambiguous. No amount of spin or preemptive briefing will obscure the simple fact that Labour has lost control of the Senedd, and that the seemingly invincible force of Welsh Labour has crumbled. The post William Duckworth: All roads lead to Wales – and why it will be the decisive battleground of these elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home20 Apr 2026

Austen Morgan: Why does Labour target our veterans?

Military veterans find themselves threatened by a Labour government dominated by radical international lawyers. The post Austen Morgan: Why does Labour target our veterans? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home20 Apr 2026

Arthur Reynolds: Whitehall has become as disappointed and disillusioned with Labour as Labour is with Whitehall

The uncomfortable reality is that many civil servants are not invested in the government’s success, they’re after a good pension and an easy life. The post Arthur Reynolds: Whitehall has become as disappointed and disillusioned with Labour as Labour is with Whitehall appeared first on Conservative Home.