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New minister must not kowtow to the social housing mafia like Angela Rayner

New minister must not kowtow to the social housing mafia like Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner’s tax affairs have become a major headache for the Prime Minister Steve Reed must choose: will he side with reformers who understand...

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The silent majority wants more homes

The silent majority wants more homes

The number of build to rent completions has increased by almost 16 per cent in the past year It’s far too easy for a vocal minority who’ve...

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How did soggy liberalism win over Mickleham?

The Lib Dems represent one big shrug, so why did Conservative utopia Mickleham fall for it, asks Simon Clarke The Running Horses in Mickleham,...

15.08.2025 2

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It’s not the rich who fill the gaps when non-doms leave Britain – it’s you

(Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) 16,000 high-net-worth individuals are set to leave Britain this year, taking with them jobs, investment and...

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The British state has become a Ponzi scheme paid for by the young

Image created by Google Gemini using the text of this article as a prompt Flatlining wages, soaring house prices and high childcare costs have...

17.07.2025 2

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We will all pay the price for Starmer’s weakness on welfare

Keir Starmer has been urged to scrap the graduate visa and introduce a £1000 levy for international students. Keir Starmer is a weak Prime...

03.07.2025 4

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Labour is locking Britain into a high-tax, low-growth doom loop

As of April, global assets have been slapped with a 40 per cent inheritance tax. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Tax, borrowing, the cost of...

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Britain’s biggest growth threat is giving into doomsterism

(Photo by Darren Staples – WPA Pool/Getty Images) As the Spending Review looms over Westminster, Britain must not lie down and accept decline,...

05.06.2025 4

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Reform would be an economic disaster (trust me, I worked for Liz Truss)

(Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images) I’ve seen first-hand what happens when politicians promise huge tax cuts without acknowledging difficult...

22.05.2025 5

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To be the party of opportunity, Conservatives must be the party of YIMBYs

Britain’s housing shortage is now so severe that even if we hit Labour’s now abandoned building target, it would still take half a century to...

08.05.2025 9

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Bankrupt, rat-infested Birmingham shows why local government matters

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – APRIL 08: A huge pile of Rubbish on Bromfield Close in Aston on April 08, 2025 in Birmingham, England. Rubbish collectors and...

24.04.2025 5

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What’s gone wrong with the police?

Photo by James Eades Britain’s police forces are facing three interlinked crises – of people, purpose and poor technology, says Simon Clarke ...

10.04.2025 10

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City AM readers: Join the fight for the centre right

November 1914: In Trafalgar Square, London street urchins dressed as soldiers with paper hats and canes as guns stand to attention watched by a small...

27.03.2025 2

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What do Conservatives really think about climate change?

The public is clear that it wants action on climate change, but don’t want to pay more for it – and Conservatives are particularly opposed to...

13.03.2025 5

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Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession is harming the green energy transition

Ed Miliband (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Every industry expert agrees that Ed Miliband’s target for a 95 per cent clean energy grid is...

28.02.2025 10

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Tired of London: Why is the capital losing hope?

City dwellers tend to be more optimistic about their neighbourhood than those who live in town but, worryingly, London is bucking the trend. We all...

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Heathrow expansion will test whether Labour are serious about growth

(Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Keir Starmer’s Damascene conversion to a third runway at Heathrow, which he previously voted against, is...

30.01.2025 3

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No Conservative should stand for Britain in decline

(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) With persistent inflation, Conservatives exhausted and a Labour government with no ideas, the ghosts of the...

17.01.2025 4

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