All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Hunt casts doubt on big Budget tax cuts despite pressure from panicking Tory MPs
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made the comments after the International Monetary Fund urged the government not to cut taxes in a bombshell intervention weeks before the Budget
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Reform UK accepts £10,000 from millionaire accused of sexual harassment
The donation, which was uncovered by DeSmog, was made by hedge fund boss Crispin Odey last August just weeks after 13 women accused him of sexual harassment or abuse
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Rachel Reeves vows to cap corporation tax for five years after Tory U-turns
The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the current 25% rate of corporation tax will not change for the first term of a Labour Government as she addressed business leaders
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Labour MP wobbles on £28billion green spend vow in BBC Breakfast grilling
Grilled on BBC Breakfast over the huge £28billion investment, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said it was down to the 'health' of the economy
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Tory minister quits amid fears for his life after string of attacks and threats
Mike Freer, whose Finchley and Golders Green constituency office was set alight at Christmas, said threats and attacks have caused an 'intolerable stress' for his family
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'Our legal system is unjust until domestic murderers face the law's full force'
Under current laws, if a murderer has brought a weapon to the scene of the crime with intent to kill, he or she can expect to be sentenced for at least 25 years
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Councils face devastating service cuts as £5.8billion Tory black hole exposed
Every single council bar one is expected to experience a real-terms cut in funding, with more than 200 authorities set to experience a reduction of more than 30%
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Tata Steel got 'deal of century' by bagging taxpayers' cash with 2,800 job cuts
Tata Steels proposals were branded the 'bargain basement option' as bosses were hauled before MPs to defend plans to shut blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales
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Top Tory dismisses fears on increased food costs as 'price you pay' for Brexit
Dame Andrea Leadsom said businesses will have to "adapt" after fears over the impact of post-Brexit checks - as polling showed 70% of Brits think Brexit damaged the economy
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Are you happy to see a pharmacist instead of a GP? Take poll and have your say
Patients can now be treated for a host of common illnesses at their local pharmacy instead of waiting for a GP appointment - freeing up ten million consultations a year. But is this really the answer to help our struggling general practices?
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'Conservative Party's lies exposed by latest UK economic forecast'
The International Monetary Fund's latest forecast shows the state of our country's finances after savage cuts
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Rishi Sunak laughs as he's grilled on This Morning about Tory election chances
The Prime Minister was quizzed by ITV This Morning's Rylan Clark and Rochelle Humes on when viewers will next head to the ballot box as polls show the Tories trailing Labour
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Tory council cuts see care homes, creches and libraries disappear from Britain
Since 2010 when the Tories first came into government there have been swingeing cuts to local authorities which have seen services like bin collections, bus routes and school crossing patrols take a hit
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'The most vulnerable will suffer most from councils starved of cash by Tories'
Cash, or more accurately the lack of it, is the constant factor and while bad management must never be ignored it is also the case that we should not permit Tories tightening the purse strings to scapegoat local councillors
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Kemi Badenoch is part of Tory WhatsApp group chat called 'Evil Plotters'
Kemi Badenoch insisted she doesn't want to topple Rishi Sunak but it has now emerged she is part of a WhatsApp group chat called 'Evil Plotters' along with Michael Gove
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Rishi Sunak told to forfeit £350,000 donation from boss of vaping firm
The Conservative Party accepted £350,000 from Sandeep Singh Chadha who is the boss of a company that sells vapes with names such as Blue Razz Lemonade and Strawberry Mousse
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​Tory MP quit as minister as he couldn't afford mortgage hike on £118,000 salary
Former Tory minister George Freeman said his mortgage was increasing from £800-per-month to £2,000-per-month, which he 'simply couldn't afford to pay on a ministerial salary'
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'Rishi Sunak is still letting kids vape fruit-flavoured pesticides'
The government wants to ban children from smoking, but is only going to limit the flavours and packaging for vapes, says Fleet Street Fox. If it was his kids risking a collapsed lung he might think again
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When the next general election will be - and which party is likely to win
Dithering Rishi Sunak is under pressure to call the next general election as fed-up voters demand a chance to deliver their verdict on 14 years of Conservative rule
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Rail unions accuse Tories of 'behaving like ostriches' as they begin new strikes
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today
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Tories wreck lives as 40 councils on brink of financial collapse - see full list
Last week the government agreed to provide an extra £500m to help struggling councils balance their books, with many now standing on the brink of collapse regardless
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Nadine Dorries says Tories 'deserve to be wiped out' if they swap leader again
Top Tory Kemi Badenoch insisted she is not plotting to topple Rishi Sunak - but her former colleague Nadine Dorries accused her of harbouring leadership ambitions
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Department of Health slammed by stats watchdog for 'misleading' NHS waits claim
The Tories were accused of 'pathetic attempts to hide the truth' with claim to have cut NHS waits when numbers were higher than when Rishi Sunak vowed to slash the backlog
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'We should be outraged at Rishi's attempts to rig the outcome of the election'
Conservative Party has introduced voter ID, which threatens to disenfranchise two million people if they turn up on the day without the right documents, and is now accused of trying to rig the election
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'Conservative Party is enough to for anyone to give up dry January'
With thousands predicting "utter electoral oblivion", Keir Mudie blasts the Conservative Party and the Tories' repeated plots, which he says "are not making temperance easy"