All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Ex-Tory minister pleads for UK to engage with Taliban amid 'another 9/11' fear
Tobias Ellwood said that the majority of Taliban members aren't fundamentalists, claiming many join the group for social and tribal reasons
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Tories gave Paula Vennells £17,500 Government job despite Post Office scandal
Post Office Minister Kevin Hollinrake admitted it was 'mistake' that ministers did not remove Paula Vennells from her role on the board of the Cabinet Office sooner
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Carol Vorderman backs petition for Post Office hero Alan Bates to get an honour
Television star Carol Vorderman, who is the presenter of the Pride of Britain Awards, is leading calls for 'tenacious' campaigner Alan Bates to receive at least a CBE
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Fujitsu still gets contracts worth £100m-a-year despite Post Office scandal
Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says
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Top Tory mocked for saying baby's teeth start growing 18 months before birth
Dame Andrea Leadsom made the baffling remark during a debate on the chronic shortage of NHS dentists, with MPs told Taylor Swift tickets are easier to get than an appointment
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Tories vote to keep Rwanda costs secret as Labour asks what they're hiding
Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper estimated that the Government has pledged almost £400million to Rwanda, with additional payments of around £200,000 per person sent there
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Nuked blood: Minister says 'state secret' documents hold no useful information
Defence minister Andrew Murrison was accused of a "disgraceful response" on whether the government holds records of blood and urine tests on its own troops
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Rishi Sunak's Treasury 'held up proper compensation for Post Office victims'
Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates
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Tories have failed to deliver on pledge to 'stop the boats' - poll results
Almost 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging to 'stop the boats' more than a year ago. As such, almost 2,000 Mirror readers say the PM has failed to deliver on his promise
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Veteran nuked blood records a 'state secret', admits government
Records of blood testing of nuclear servicemen have been locked away for decades as a state secret, the Mirror can reveal
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Tories pick partner of disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone as by-election candidate
Peter Bone's constituents voted to kick him out of the seat last month after he was suspended from the Commons - paving the way for a by-election in Wellingborough
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Mirror Chicken gets Rishi Sunak in a flap after he chickens out of election
The Prime Minister tried to dodge our feathered friend as he arrived at the BBC for an interview with Laura Kuenssberg just days after he chickened out of a general election
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PM urged to suspend minister accused of spending taxpayer cash on Tory campaigns
Pensions minister Paul Maynard has been referred by the Parliamentary expenses watchdog over claims he used his taxpayer-funded office to campaign for the Conservatives
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'The sooner we get the chance to trump Rishi Sunak at the ballot box the better'
After 14 years of Tory misrule, the British people have had enough of shambolic and dishonest government by gimmick.
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'Starmer needs to say something people can get excited about ahead of election'
It’s great that Keir Starmer and Labour want the highest growth in the G7, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie, but what does that mean for food prices, for the NHS, for mortgages?
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Cafe on Sunak's campaign trail offers discount if customers tell PM to leave
Owners of the Hargreaves Cafe, near one of Mr Sunak's campaign stops in Buxton, Derbyshire, advertised an extra 5% off for customers who say "go home Rishi"
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Rishi Sunak outspending Trump on social ads in desperate bid to stay in power
It comes amid warnings that the Tories doubling the spending limits ahead of elections risked damaging the transparency of political donations and public confidence in elections
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National Lottery operator donated £20,000 to Tories after winning licence battle
Allwyn, owned by a Czech billionaire, was handed the licence to run the National Lottery in 2022 - and in November they gave cash to the Conservative Party
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Millions 'undecideds' critical of Brexit - and want Labour to pursue EU ties
A mega poll found more voters said they wanted Keir Starmer to seek a closer UK-EU relationship - and those in the crucial 'undecided' column feel even more strongly
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Migrants outnumbered two to one by guards on deportation flights
Guards hired by outsourcing firm Mitie outnumbered migrants two to one on flights deporting migrants and foreign offenders, with the Government spending more than £3million removing them from the UK
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'It's time for the NatWest chairman to learn some home truths'
You would think the NatWest chairman would have a better understanding of the housing market after his barmy claim that it is not that difficult to get on the housing ladder
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Tory climate tsar Chris Skidmore quits as MP with brutal attack on Rishi Sunak
Chris Skidmore announced he is quitting as a Tory MP over Rishi Sunak's environmental policies. In a resignation statement, the former minister wrote: 'I can no longer stand by'
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Humiliating moment as Rishi Sunak booed when he leaves café in Tory constituency
The Prime Minister visited a Tory constituency for a friendly meet-up with Conservative members and local activists but was forced to face members of the public outside
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Rishi Sunak packs room with Tories despite vow to see as many voters as possible
As the election year opens, the PM was said to be launching a campaign to reach out to as many voters as possible to brag about the good things the Tories have done
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Secret story of Harold Wilson’s lover, secretary and driving force
Marcia Williams made herself indispensable as the personal and political ­secretary of Labour’s first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, but it ended in scandal, poverty and disgrace