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Conservative Home4 May 2026

Too much mud and noise and not enough about local issues

After the cavalcade rolls on, life in English councils, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Senedd will go on, with the minutiae of bins, roads, street lighting, looked after children, schools and care for the elderly. Who they get to run all that, very little connection to any of that. The post Too much mud and noise and not enough about local issues appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home4 May 2026

Kevin Hollinrake: A Conservative vote in these elections will deliver Councils that work for you

The council you elect will run your bin collections, look after the elderly and those with special needs, repair your roads and set your council tax. These are not small things, and the difference between good and bad councils is huge. Good Conservative councils have shown that difference. The post Kevin Hollinrake: A Conservative vote in these elections will deliver Councils that work for you appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Just one result this week. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Malvern Hills. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Nigel Jones: Seven struggles for the Premiership – who won and why

Given the old adage that your opponents are in other parties but your real enemies are in your own, such brutal intra party warfare is the norm rather than the exception in modern British political history. The post Nigel Jones: Seven struggles for the Premiership – who won and why appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them?

Britain’s current malaise makes Singapore’s problem - the career opportunities are too good to launch a start-up - look like a nice one to have. But there is a deeper link here between political and entrepreneurial cultures. The post Rafe Fletcher: Britain produces great entrepreneurs but can it keep them? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 May 2026

Gareth Davies: Why all eyes should be on Wales this May?

This election, then, will not simply decide who governs Wales, but whether the desire for change translates into meaningful improvement or merely a continuation of the same political culture under a different, more nationalist, banner. The post Gareth Davies: Why all eyes should be on Wales this May? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Apr 2026

Xander West: Baldwin’s resurgence and the first shadow cabinet

Baldwin’s actions directly disprove the notion that a substantial reformatting of ideas or policies must occur on a timeline approaching years. Just because the next election is remote, albeit nearly two years have elapsed already, should not engender a relative passivity nor timidity around key decisions. The post Xander West: Baldwin’s resurgence and the first shadow cabinet appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Apr 2026

Is it a stunt or just doing the job? Either way the PM’s been playing politics as much as anyone else

Starmer’s comment about a stunt ‘just before elections’ supposes in one way that a ‘stunt’ is one thing, but it’s 'simply not cricket’ to deploy it just ahead of going to the polls. As he famously once said to a Tory Prime Minister - 'Come off it' The post Is it a stunt or just doing the job? Either way the PM’s been playing politics as much as anyone else appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Apr 2026

Sarah Stook: What can a PM do these days to last a full five years?

Many Prime Ministers are unpopular, but is it fair or helpful that their survival in the job, or their being shown the exit is essentially down to a few hundred MPs of their own party? The post Sarah Stook: What can a PM do these days to last a full five years? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Apr 2026

Luke Evans: Starmer can’t handle the truth

We are asked to believe that a Prime Minister can personally  determine the outcome, while remaining detached from the system that delivers it. That he can shape the direction, but not own the destination. That when the machinery of Government bends around a political decision, the responsibility lies only with those who turned the gears.  The post Luke Evans: Starmer can’t handle the truth appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Apr 2026

Tim Bale: Why a Prime Minister needs a Parliamentary Private Secretary as good as Ian Gow

Totally trustworthy, Gow was gregarious but also shrewd, relatable but also ruthless.  He knew his boss’s mind, as well as her strengths and weaknesses, and, on occasion, was more than willing to speak truth to power. The post Tim Bale: Why a Prime Minister needs a Parliamentary Private Secretary as good as Ian Gow appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Apr 2026

A three-line whip is no substitute for authority

Labour MPs must now carry not merely a damaged Prime Minister, but a grievously wounded one – and have to explain to their constituents why they thought that vote was a good one, and why they were content to be seen as “complicit in a cover-up”. The post A three-line whip is no substitute for authority appeared first on Conservative Home.

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