Julie Iles: Why Britain needs a restorative justice revolution
Julie Iles is a Magistrate, chair of the bench Youth Panel and "youth lead" on the Board of Surrey Crimestoppers…. Read more »
Brandon Lewis MP: Politicians should not fear the localist agenda of giving more real powers to local authorities
Brandon Lewis was elected MP for Great Yarmouth at this year's general election. There is a new buzzword being used… Read more »
Aaron Ellis: Cameron must decide how Afghanistan fits into our grand strategy
Aaron Ellis writes the blog Thinking Strategically and often looks at Conservative foreign policy today and historically. Should Britain withdraw… Read more »
Stewart Jackson MP: Our Housing Policies are bold but are they enough?
Stewart Jackson MP was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government 2008-10 and is Vice President of the Local Government… Read more »
Lord Ashcroft: Ed Miliband can’t become PM if he listens to the Labour movement
By Lord Ashcroft. A few weeks ago I explored whether the Conservatives could benefit from the Alternative Vote electoral system… Read more »
Benedict Surtees: The Conservatives’ Blue Collar Breakthrough
by Benedict Surtees Since the General Election, assessments of the Conservative Party’s campaign have tended to centre on the party’s… Read more »
George Eustice MP: Lessons for Labour from the Tories’ 2005 cathartic leadership contest
George Eustice was the Conservative Party's Head of Media from 2004 until the 2005 General Election and Press Secretary to… Read more »
Chris Newton: The alternatives to Trident aren’t convincing
Chris Newton is a former defence adviser in the Conservative Research Department. At a time of strategic uncertainty, no decision… Read more »
David Amess MP: Britain should cut bilateral trade and political ties with Iran until an end is put to human rights abuses there
David Amess is Conservative MP for Southend West and a member of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom. While… Read more »
Sean Garman: Splitting up the banks will cause more problems than it will solve
Sean Garman works in corporate finance in the City of London and it a member of the Conservative Party’s Business… Read more »
Philip Norton: Neither a new electoral system for the Commons, nor an elected Lords, will fix politics
ConservativeHome has teamed up with LeftFootForward and LibDemVoice to produce a magazine called 'Litmus' that is being distributed at all… Read more »
Vicky Ford MEP: How Conservative MEPs have been protecting the City from new EU legislation
Vicky Ford is a Conservative MEP for the East of England and Conservative Spokesman on Economic and Monetary Affairs in… Read more »
Nik Darlington: It looks like Lord Browne is making the right call on higher education funding
Nik Darlington trained as a strategy & marketing consultant with Simon-Kucher & Partners in London, specialising in higher education strategy… Read more »
Tim Archer: Why we need electoral reform – and it’s got nothing to do with AV
Tim Archer was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Poplar and Limehouse at the 2010 General Election. Tim is a Conservative… Read more »
Mats Persson: Two EU laws that urgently need to be renegotiated
Mats Persson is Director of Open Europe. The members of this Coalition Government pride themselves on being the great de-centralisers… Read more »