All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Keir Starmer unveils private health plan - saying he's 'not privatising the NHS'
Labour's leader said 233,000 more NHS patients could have been seen in nine months through using spare capacity - as he was confronted with his own scrapped pledge
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Exhausted NHS heroes crying in car parks after losing lives that could be saved
In a harrowing account, junior doctor Andrew Meyerson, 40, said: colleagues were "crying in the car park, devastated and shell-shocked, haunted by the substandard care that they have been forced to deliver"
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Tory health chief hints at NHS pay rise - but only if staff get more 'efficient'
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said he's ready for 'constructive' talks - but only for 2023/24, and there should be 'productivity and efficiency opportunities' for an NHS on its knees
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Network Rail paid £2,000 for Michael Portillo to record messages at King's Cross
The spend on messages from Michael Portillo comes despite the government vowing to crack down on endless annoying announcements to passengers
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Labour pledges more police on the beat as figures show 90% of crimes go unsolved
Writing exclusively for the Mirror, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Labour are now the party of law and order - and "we'll make sure criminals pay for their crimes and keep our communities safe"
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'Golden goodbyes' for sacked ministers could fund 500,000 breakfast club places
Labour's analysis suggests the eye-watering £720,000 potential bill for severance payments could pay for 4,500 free TV licenses for pensioners
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'Great divide in Britain has never been greater after 13 years of elitist rule'
Brian Reade says that under the Tories, we have witnessed Britain stagnate economically and intellectually, becoming insular, divided and broken - and the divide in our country is now huge
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'Harry should be troubled by army backlash as not only royals damaged by book'
British governments do not send soldiers to war zones for jollies and some people will be pleased that Prince Harry has told the world how many people he killed
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Northerners charged more for council tax than southerners - see list showing gap
Eight of the ten cheapest council tax rates in England are in London or the southeast, and none are in the north. The most expensive is in Rutland in the East Midlands, at £2,300 a year
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Tory target to recruit 20,000 police still thousands short with months to go
The Lib Dems branded the target a 'broken promise' as forces rush to close a gap of nearly 5,000 officers in the final six months of the scheme. The Home Office insists it's all on track
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Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out NHS staff getting sacked in his strike crackdown
PM Rishi Sunak swerved questions on what his 'minimum service levels' for striking staff will mean in the health service - including if workers could be sacked
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Sadiq Khan says he'd beat Boris Johnson in a boxing match - 'I could have him!'
The London mayor said Boris Johnson 'used to have a future' and 'I could have him' as he visited a boxing gym in the capital with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley
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Some NHS patients waiting 1,000 days for routine surgery, figures show
It comes after Rishi Sunak used his first speech of the new year to commit to reducing NHS waiting lists but admitted patients are "not getting the care they deserve" - despite 12 years of Tory rule
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All you need to know about anti-strikes laws and what they will mean for workers
Roger Seifert, emeritus professor of industrial relations at Wolverhampton University, answers your questions as the Government announced it will bring in new anti-strike laws
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Rishi Sunak can't solve Channel migrant crisis, says majority of voters
A poll for GB News showed the hueg scepticism with which the public treats the Prime Minister's claim he will stop small boats bringing migrants to the UK across the Strait of Dover
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A fight to the death for our beloved NHS after 13 years of hurt by the Tories
The concept of a National Health Service is running sore for ideologues who can’t bear to see state-run services succeed. And since 2010 there have been 13 years of hurt
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Rail, fire and ambulance staff will be made to work even if they vote to strike
After weeks of threats, Rishi Sunak has now confirmed he'll bring a 'minimum service levels' law to Parliament in the coming weeks to ban some workers from walking out
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Carol Vorderman blasts 'morally corrupt' Tories and speaks out on maths policy
The former Countdown star has some strong thoughts on Rishi Sunak's plan to tackle innumeracy in England after years spent promoting maths at all levels
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We showed 50 Brits a pic of NHS scourge Steve Barclay - only 5 knew who he was
Despite repeated warnings the NHS is near collapse, the health secretary has been nowhere to be seen and barely anyone in Liverpool or Croydonw knew his name or recognised his picture when asked by The Mirror
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Keir Starmer vows to repeal anti-strike laws as he savages Tory 'war on nurses'
In his New Year speech, the Labour leader blasted Rishi Sunak’s plans to impose 'minimum service levels' on striking sectors and said it isn't the way you 'bring an end to industrial disputes'
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Channel 4 privatisation axed in humiliation for Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries
Rishi Sunak's government has confirmed the sale pushed by his predecessor will not go ahead - and Channel 4 will remain in public ownership where it has been for the last 40 years
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MPs demand 'war effort' to insulate chilly homes and wean UK off fossil fuels
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee hits out at the Tories for missing a 'crucial window' to speed up home upgrades in warmer parts of 2022 - and warns of 'gaps'
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'Patronising Sunak's woolly pledges show Tories haven't learnt a thing in 12yrs'
Rishi Sunak’s response to these crises was a vacuous and patronising speech that was packed with platitudes but devoid of policies - there were no practical solutions offered
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Keir Starmer promises 'decade of renewal' under Labour in major New Year speech
In a major speech in east London, the Labour leader will strike an upbeat tone with a pledge to bring back 'the hope we used to take for granted, that you can build your future around'
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Rishi Sunak's five biggest promises for 2023 - what he said and what it means
During his first major speech of 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to cut NHS waiting lists, grow the economy and tackle the small boats crisis