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Katie Lam: The easiest way to lose any fight is to pretend it isn’t happening

Strengthening our hand at home in order to deal with challenges abroad is about being realistic about what we can and can’t do, what needs to come first, and recognising that our interactions with the rest of the world have real, material consequences for the British people. The post Katie Lam: The easiest way to lose any fight is to pretend it isn’t happening appeared first on Conservative Home.

Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses

The route back to government is not through more noise, more grievance or a narrower politics. It is through growth, competence and a proper understanding of what makes an economy work. The post Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

Chris Mason: Iran war means government's vicious circles tighten and darken

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

Chris Mason: Iran war means government's vicious circles tighten and darken

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

Chris Mason: Iran war has trapped Labour in a vicious circle

A subdued economy makes trade-offs and choices over public spending more difficult, Chris Mason writes.

Peter Fox: Nearly three decades of Labour in Wales has harmed the NHS, health workers and patients

A Welsh Conservative Government would immediately declare a health emergency and require every part of government to work on solving the endemic health crisis. The post Peter Fox: Nearly three decades of Labour in Wales has harmed the NHS, health workers and patients appeared first on Conservative Home.

Watch: Legal adviser helps undercover reporter pretend to be gay for asylum claim

A BBC reporter goes undercover and speaks to an adviser encouraging migrants to cheat the asylum system.

Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds

The BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system.

Is the EU back in vogue? – podcast

Lisa O’Carroll reports on the ‘resetting’ of the relationship between the UK and the EU This week, the Guardian reported that Labour is planning to bring in new legislation that will forge closer ties between the UK and the EU. Nearly 10 years on from the Brexit vote, the Guardian’s senior correspondent Lisa O’Carroll speaks to Helen Pidd about what a UK-EU reset would look like. Lisa and Helen also discuss the strength of the EU in the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungary elections on S

NHS 'failing women and girls' and has 'appalling culture of medical misogyny', health secretary says

The health secretary has accused the NHS of having an "appalling culture of medical misogyny" as he set out a range of measures in a renewed Women's Health Strategy.

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which analysts believe is unlikely to deliver a significant step towards peace. The talks in Berlin – held on the third anniversary of the start of Sudan’s ruinous war – are expected to help address a catastrophic funding shortfall that is com

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