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Conservative Home1 Apr 2026

Charlotte Cadden: It’s part of Conservative policing policy that you stay safe on the campaign trail

Operation Bridger is the Policing that supports the safety and security of MPs, when MPs are back in their constituencies. It was set up after the horrific murder of Jo Cox MP in 2016 and further enhanced after the murder of Sir David Amess MP in 2021.  The post Charlotte Cadden: It’s part of Conservative policing policy that you stay safe on the campaign trail  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 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

Luke Graham: There is a ‘uniparty’ in our politics, but it’s not made up of who you think

No politician is going to get everything right, but people’s frustration is growing with politicians pretending to never be wrong. The post Luke Graham: There is a ‘uniparty’ in our politics, but it’s not made up of who you think appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Mar 2026

David Gauke: The short term assumptions fuelling the petrol debate show politics still has its head in the sand

The Government – hoping to change the subject from scheduled fuel duty rises – accused fuel retailers of “price gouging” or“profiteering” despite no evidence to support that. Tory opposition is smart but short term. None of it addresses the realities of the public finances. The post David Gauke: The short term assumptions fuelling the petrol debate show politics still has its head in the sand appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in the Vale of White Horse. Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in North Lincolnshire. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Mar 2026

Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned

To this day, those on the Far Left are convinced that Wilson was ousted from 10 Downing Street by an establishment campaign of smears and threats. The post Adrian Lee: Wilson walks – it’s fifty years ago that a Labour Prime Minister resigned 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 Home26 Mar 2026

Daniel Herring: Time to think how we defuse the ticking debt bomb that is public sector pensions

We need an open debate about how much these pensions are costing the taxpayer, otherwise our children and grandchildren – probably on far less generous pension schemes themselves – will pay the price for £1.4 trillion worth of political convenience today. The post Daniel Herring: Time to think how we defuse the ticking debt bomb that is public sector pensions appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 Mar 2026

We’re all living in the Miliverse

In the House of Commons chamber, Sir Keir Starmer seemed not just comfortable with the idea that he is a member of Miliband's government – he was almost eager to admit it. The post We’re all living in the Miliverse 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

Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation

The Lords were right to strip ministers of powers that would let them direct investments into pet projects. The post Labour should recognise its pensions defeat – and drop mandation appeared first on Conservative Home.

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