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The price of first class stamps has increased for the second time this year and many have said the Royal Mail should be handed back to the government
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Tories urged to act after candidate's vile claim that Jews fear Sadiq Khan
London mayoral candidate Susan Hall's vile claim - made at a Tory Party Conference fringe event - was immediately slapped down by the Board of Deputies of British Jews
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Sunak confronted over OAP forced to choose between giving up dog and foodbank
The Prime Minister was tackled over the heartbreaking decision faced by dog-lover Bill Martin, 80, when his pet fell ill over the summer and needed an operation
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Emergency Cabinet meeting expected as PM drops big hint he'll axe HS2 to North
The Prime Minister is set to order a Cabinet meeting where top Tories are expected to formally sign the death warrant for plans to run the high speed line to Manchester
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Britain 'best place in the world to be black', says top Tory Kemi Badenoch
The Business Secretary told adoring grassroots activists at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester the UK 'is a country that sees people and not labels'
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Rishi Sunak fails to hand pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry
The Prime Minister - who was Chancellor during the crisis - changed his phone 'a number of times' since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and messages weren't backed up
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Benefits on track for lowest ever level by the end of the decade
A report says the average gap between Universal Credit payments and the actual cost of covering essentials is £35-per-week for a single person
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'Axing HS2 in Manchester is further proof Tories are not fit to run the country'
Conservative Party is, Voice of Mirror says, a "basket case" and led by Rishi Sunak, who has a "dangerous short-term mentality and a frightening lack of vision"
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Tory suggests UK towns are like 'foreign countries' as he defends Braverman
The Tory conference panel event featured an audience member confronting Tory MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tom Hunt about whether their language around migration has stirred up racism
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Millionaires in Jeremy Hunt's own area will save £157m from inheritance tax cut
The Chancellor is considering giving the country’s most wealthy families a massive tax break by abolishing inheritance tax. The levy is only paid by the richest 4%
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Top Tory attacks 'woke' bankers as he brands UK arms industry 'power for good'
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps launched a passionate defence of the British arms industry when he addressed a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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Top Tory legitimises made-up '15-minute cities' conspiracy from conference stage
The entirely invented scare story is based on a relatively uncontroversial urban planning concept which has been the case for British towns and cities for decades anyway - but a group of online cranks claim it's a nefarious plot by the New World Order to trap us in dystopian ghettoes.
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Health Secretary spends £55,000 on virtual tours of 40 new hospitals not built
Steve Barclay is putting on roadshows across the country to give the public the chance to put on headsets and pretend they’re getting treated in the new facilities
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Ex-No10 aide lashes out at Rishi Sunak's housing target decision
Samuel Kasumu, who was a special advisor under Boris Johnson, said that members of the Sunak Government 'lack the intellectual range to fix the big issues of today'
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Hundreds of Tories queue up to hear Liz Truss speech as if 2022 never happened
The former Tory leader, whose free-market, tax slashing policies crashed the economy during her 49-day premiership, gave her only address of the conference, arguing for even more wild tax cuts, deregulation and the persecution of newts
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Rishi Sunak to announce he's scrapping HS2 to Manchester in betrayal of North
The decision to axe the high speed rail line from Birmingham to the North West of England comes as the Tories gather in Manchester for their annual party conference
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Tory defence chief blasts 'unhelpful' Elon Musk for foiling Ukrainian attack
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps lashed out at the Twitter billionaire after he admitted thwarting a seaborne assault by Kyiv on Russia's Black Sea fleet at anchor in Crimea
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'If the Tory Party was a person, it would be locked up for its own safety'
Liz Truss has escaped again, they think Boris Johnson was a brilliant PM, and Rishi Sunak swears down he's onto a winner. The Tory Party is so deluded it should be on medication, says Fleet Street Fox
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Jeremy Hunt admits he took flight from London to Manchester for Tory conference
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hopped on a BA flight from London to Manchester, which usually takes around an hour, rather than a two-hour, 15-minute rail journey
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Tory MP set to be suspended in sleaze row with another by-election on the cards
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton is being investigated by the Commons sleaze watchdog after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information
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UK 'must keep sending weapons to Ukraine even if Trump wins back White House'
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted British support for Kyiv must continue, regardless of whether the Republican wins the US presidential race taking place next November
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Jeremy Hunt takes long pause when asked if Tories will keep pensions triple lock
The Chancellor was grilled on whether he plans to maintain the policy, which puts up the state pension each April in line with whichever is highest - inflation, average wage increases or 2.5%
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Mobile phones will be banned during school day in England under Tory crackdown
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan will unveil plans to outlaw smartphones during the school day as she believes devices distract children and can be used to bully others
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3 in 4 people who reach UK in small boats would be allowed to stay, data shows
The Refugee Council has rubbished Suella Braverman's claim that those who make the dangerous journey are not genuinely in need of protection
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Public blames Rishi Sunak, not striking doctors, for rising NHS waiting lists
Junior doctors and consultants will walk out for three days from Monday in their longest period of combined strike action - but 42% of people point the finger at ministers
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