Our top ten picks of the week

Labour’s retreat to fantasy on planning reform has doomed it to failure

Chris Worrall

“Instead of tackling the rot at the heart of the system, the housing minister has brought it into government via his advisors.”

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Inside the Kemi conversion that could fuel a Tory comeback

Tali Fraser

“The Tory Leader seems to be enjoying herself: how a shift in style and confidence is finally changing the Westminster mood – and seeing movement in the polls.”

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David Willetts

“Freezing working age benefits in cash terms whilst pensioners get a surge above prices or earnings cannot be defended, even by pensioners who care about future generations. The time has come to redress the balance and do a bit more for working age families.”

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Any Conservative/Reform UK electoral pact should be trialled in London in 2028

James Ford

“It need not set a precedent for the general election and, rather than trading bruising blows against each other during the campaign, it would allow both parties to direct their fire at London’s real foe: Sadiq Khan.”

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What would the basis of a Tory/Reform pact actually be?

Henry Hill

“Unless both parties are really ready to make such a deal work, then the worst outcome for the Right could actually be one where they could form a government after the next election.”

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There’s no justice in the Government’s verdict on trial by jury and we need their case thrown out

Robert Jenrick

“We will resist this assault on our liberties, just as we have in the past when Labour tried to curb jury trials under Tony Blair. Even at the height of Covid, despite enormous pressure, the last Conservative Government resisted calls to suspend jury trials, recognising their importance.”

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The real significance of this Labour Budget is not what was in it

David Gauke

“It’s not so much the measures in the Budget that matter but the confirmation that this is a Labour Government in its comfort zone, led by a Prime Minister and a Chancellor who can’t or won’t challenge their party’s instincts and prejudices on the economy.”

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If the Conservatives are ‘dead, over, finished’ why are Labour and Reform suddenly quite so bothered by them?

Giles Dilnot

“The smart thing for the Conservatives to do is stick to painting the picture of the future, oppose the Government and let Reform do whatever they want. Badenoch doesn’t need to include Farage in her Conservative vision for the years ahead”

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The House of Lords has done its job, now the Government must rethink the rest

Matthew Elliott

“Britain’s challenge is not a shortage of employment rights but a shortage of business confidence. The surest way to make work pay is to make work plentiful.”

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Unlocking London’s hidden bedrooms

Nicholas Boys-Smith

“De-risking development in ways that are locally acceptable can rapidly diversify supply and create bedrooms. This, I would judge, is good Conservative policy.”

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