Tali Fraser

1 week ago | conservativehome.com | Tali Fraser

This week marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Veterans will march in military procession, tales of the heroism of those who served will be told, and over four days of celebrations we will all be reminded of the fortitude, sacrifice and courage of the wartime generation who gave so much.

2 weeks ago | conservativehome.com | Tali Fraser

We often hear about how society is becoming lonelier. People find life more polarised, more fragmented and fundamentally more splintered. At the heart of that is the decline of the public square. Society is happier with a strong civic life, fuelled by opportunities to meet different people, and often driven by volunteers.

3 weeks ago | conservativehome.com | Tali Fraser

When Kemi Badenoch rose to speak in the Commons yesterday evening, she found steady footing. Responding to Bridget Phillipson’s statement following the Supreme Court’s gender ruling, she demolished the government’s embarrassing u-turn, reminding the Labour benches that back in 2023 Sir Keir Starmer said “99 per cent of women don’t have a penis” – and the whips ensured the Tory leader’s MPs were crowded around her, braying in support.

4 weeks ago | conservativehome.com | Tali Fraser

Where is the country’s long-term strategy for the management of national assets? You wouldn’t be alone in wondering whether there is one at all.

1 month ago | politicshome.com | Tali Fraser

3 min read A Labour MP has raised concern about the feasibility of a key plank of the government's planning reforms. Alex Sobel, MP forLeeds Central and Headingley, has written to the chairs of three select committees asking them to look at whether regulator Natural England has the capacity to carry out its role in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.