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Britain needs a government that treats defence as the foundation of national strength. A government that recognises that sovereignty is not cheap, but the cost of losing it is far greater. The 3 per cent target should not be abandoned. It should be the baseline for Britain’s return to serious defence leadership. The post Ahmed Imtiaz: Why defence spending must climb and be protected from politics as it does appeared first on Conservative Home.

Nobody should pretend Britain can recreate the gold standard, or place sterling on a hard-asset foundation overnight. But the principle remains relevant: sound money requires an anchor politicians cannot manufacture when restraint becomes inconvenient. The post Chris Battle: Kemi should ‘out-Thatcher’ Thatcher on the issue of sound money appeared first on Conservative Home.

Paddington bear nationalism is simply not enough to see our way through future conflicts or national crisis. We need something more robust, more resolute. Lucy Powell better get it right, it starts with this next generation: the members of Generation Alpha in our classrooms now. The post Harriet Dolby: Whatever happened to ‘British’ history? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Kemi is popular because of her no-nonsense attitude. She says it how it is, and people like her because, even if they disagree with her, she stays true to her beliefs. If she is so serious about portraying such an image to the public, then break ranks from the rest of the establishment and pledge to scrap the triple lock. The post A new deal for young people? Scrap the triple lock appeared first on Conservative Home.

For Burnham and for Labour, local government isn’t about giving people choice over how their local area is run, and it isn’t about providing local services either. It’s just another forum for the high-tax, low-accountability politics which informs everything that this Labour Government has done since coming to power. The post Katie Lam: Labour’s devolution plans are a shambles appeared first on Conservative Home.