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Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle

Kemi is dragging the Parliamentary Party onto serious intellectual and ideological foundations. But she and her team must ensure that the unelected judiciary does not have an opportunity to stymie it. And maybe the Conservatives should widen our reappraisal of the Equality Act. The post Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

George Trefgarne: Our Tory women versus the blokes, lads, and chaps should have one positive outcome

Thankfully, only a few organisations in the country are still entirely male dominated. It is very odd that so many political parties in Westminster are among them. The post George Trefgarne: Our Tory women versus the blokes, lads, and chaps should have one positive outcome appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

Anna Ridgway: The Burnham coronation has two problems nobody in Westminster wants to discuss

The country is about to make a man Prime Minister when his own people cannot say what he believes. That is not the profile of a leader. It is the profile of a brand. Oasis, pints and the Bee Network are not a political philosophy or a plan for government. They are a vibe. You cannot run a country on vibes and brand image. The post Anna Ridgway: The Burnham coronation has two problems nobody in Westminster wants to discuss appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Jul 2026

Calum Davies: Is Burnham really ready to govern and are we ready for what he wants to do?

Whilst in the 1990s'devolution' meant a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, Andy Burnham has made it central to his credo to disperse power across the United Kingdom in the belief it would lead to more investment, not just financial but emotional. But it does it really work? The post Calum Davies: Is Burnham really ready to govern and are we ready for what he wants to do? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Jul 2026

The Shadow Cabinet reveal their first jobs

The Conservatives are campaigning to remove the employment barriers to allow youngsters to get a temporary 'summer job' The post The Shadow Cabinet reveal their first jobs appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in Stratford-on-Avon and a seat from an independent in Pembrokeshire. Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in South Lanarkshire and a seat from an independent in Flintshire. The Green Party lost a seat to Labour in Camden and a seat to the Lib Dems in Lambeth. The post Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Mike Newton: Can Burnham really convince the Bond markets?

Burnham may not realize that this is 2026, and both the underlying problems and the PLP are very different from his Wilsonian and Blairite analogues. Stephen Pollard's observation that 'his political body clock stopped when he was last in office' may prove to be on the money. The post Mike Newton: Can Burnham really convince the Bond markets? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Kemi Badenoch: ‘I’m not planning a reshuffle… at the moment’

The appeals from a number of MPs comes to blows with the mindset of LOTO. The reality, as much of a cop out answer as it may seem, is that only Kemi Badenoch knows whether a reshuffle will occur. At the moment, we can only take her on her word - that she is “not planning a reshuffle at the moment.”  The post Kemi Badenoch: ‘I’m not planning a reshuffle… at the moment’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Jul 2026

Sarah Ingham: ‘Head North’ is where you go looking for a Burnham who needs to shake off some old habits

This 10-point plan for solving Britain’s woes was co-written with ex MP Steve Rotheram. it's the Lennon and McCartney of local politics in ITV Granadaland, Our Steve became the first elected Mayor of Liverpool City Region in 2017 when Our Andy conquered Greater Manchester. The post Sarah Ingham: ‘Head North’ is where you go looking for a Burnham who needs to shake off some old habits appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it?

Currently we tax young people for getting an education that often doesn’t enhance their income, tax employers for hiring them, tax them for coupling up, ration the asset they most need to access adult life, and, when they fall into depression and despondence, reward them for giving up. The post Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter

If Farage does beat a bin, and a fox, in an odd mirror of the count at Makerfield just to get his old job back - the result will be rubbish, if the Standards Committee simply carries on the investigation, suspends him, a recall ballot is held, and we end up doing it all over again. The post Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job

He's led the SBS and Special Forces' work is about small teams delivering strategic effect. It’s inherently political and led by people who see the bigger picture. In Parliament, he's also been one of the few of the Labour Parliamentary intake who has stood out. The post Bob Seely: Why Conservatives should hope Al Carns gets the top Defence job appeared first on Conservative Home.

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