All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Mum tells Rishi Sunak she has sleepless nights as child's school has no money
Leyburn Primary School in Rishi Sunak's Richmond, North Yorks, constituency doesn't have enough cash to pay for new computers. The PM donated a £10 bottle of wine to help
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Tory by-election candidate asks 11-year-olds to make sexual harassment cartoons
Festus Akinbusoye, who is standing in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, is offering children the chance to win a Go Pro camera and tablet in the 'grossly inappropriate' competition
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Tory says not everyone offended by Enoch Powell tweet in disastrous interview
Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall tied herself in knots as she was confronted by her social media history that includes calling Gemma Collins a 'stupid fat blonde woman'
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Tory peer and party donor says Conservatives don't 'deserve' to win election
Lord Harris of Peckham, who was close to Margaret Thatcher, hit out at the party, saying: "You can't think of many good things that the Conservatives have done and stuck to"
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Climate chief Alok Sharma becomes 43rd Tory MP to say he'll quit at election
The former President of the COP26 climate summit announced he was quitting Parliament, just days after blasting Rishi Sunak's watering down of net-zero policies
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Richest 1% to get £1million tax break as Tories plot cut to Universal Credit
Rishi Sunak is considering abolishing inheritance tax despite warnings it will starve the NHS and schools of much-needed cash. Only wealthy families would benefit
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Olympic rower James Cracknell bids to become Tory MP in election battleground
The gold medal-winning rower has been selected at the Conservatives' candidate to fight the constituency of Colchester, Essex, where the party's majority is less than 10,000
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Question Time audience member says people on £200,000 are 'struggling'
The man argued that rich people cannot afford green policies as he defended Rishi Sunak's climate U-turn in an exchange with Fiona Bruce on BBC One's Question Time
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Tories choose former Russian government lobbyist as election candidate
The Conservative Party has chosen Nigel Gardner to run for the new Harpenden and Berkhamsted seat which has been created due to boundary changes at the next election
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Rishi Sunak accused of breaking ministerial code over climate speech
Ministers aren't allowed to use publicly-funded resources to spread political messages - like the slogan that appears both on the PM's lectern and the Tory party conference guide
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Thousands demand a second Brexit referendum in new poll
Leaving the European Union has hardly been a success so far - which is why thousands of you want another shot at rejoining. "A lot of people were duped on the initial Brexit and are very unhappy about it", says one disgruntled Mirror reader
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Angry Tories tear chunks out of each other over fortunes in eco plan civil war
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch took aim at ex-minister Lord Goldsmith after he argued the country needs a general election following Rishi Sunak’s climate policy bonfire
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Tory donor whose firm got £160million in Covid contracts handed top trade job
David Meller was chair of sex pest scandal charity the Presidents Club. The businessman, who has donated nearly £70,000 to the Tories, has been appointed to the Board of Trade
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9 bits of bad news sneaked out by Tories before Parliament went into recess
Rishi Sunak's Government had plenty to do before MPs headed off for recess - dumping an avalanche of documents, statements and accounts online
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Former Tory rising star, 30, steps down as minister due to chronic migraines
Dehenna Davison has told Rishi Sunak she is "stepping back fully" due to chronic migraines which mean she can't continue as Levelling Up Minister
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'Tories can't run a bath let alone a railway with HS2 latest symbol of failure'
Things might get even worse for Rishi Sunak and the Tories before the next election with the HS2 fiasco the latest sign of their cuts, incompetence and failure, writes Kevin Maguire
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Westminster dog chaos as loud cockapoo banished and second pooch digs hole on TV
Tory MP Richard Bacon revealed that his cockapoo Beaufort was banished from Parliament after barking loudly when his politician owner was off getting some breakfast
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Mum lashes out at XL Bully 'witch hunt' saying hers is 'most amazing' family dog
Grayce Atherton describes her American XL bully as an “amazing” family dog. After the announcement that they are to be banned, she has slammed what she calls a “witch-hunt”
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Tory mayor candidate liked Islamophobic and racist tweets praising Enoch Powell
An anti-racism campaign group said it has written to Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands calling for Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall to be investigated and suspended
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Poll: Should there be a second Brexit referendum?
Leaving the EU has hardly been a success so far - but is it too late to turn back the clock and re-join?
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Tories forced to drop candidates amid MI5 fears they were 'spying for China'
A Government minster insisted the party acted swiftly after chiefs from the intelligence agency warned about the possibility the MP hopefuls were agents for Beijing
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Top Tory blames 'voter apathy' for election mauling as he denies rebelling
Jonathan Gullis, a leading member of the New Conservatives faction, outlined a list of demands after penning a report warning the UK is 'lagging behind' on vocational skills
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Liz Truss writing book on disastrous 49 days at No10 blaming others for failure
Former PM Liz Truss is penning a loftily-titled book called Ten Years To Save the West, in which she's expected to lash out at the 'global left' and the 'Greta Thunbergs of this world'
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Carol Vorderman admits she has Botox as she hits back at Tory MP critics
TV star and maths whizz Carol Vorderman has been on television screens since the 1980s, when she became a household name thanks to her appearance on the Channel 4 show Countdown
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Tories 'line pockets over kids' health' by accepting £400,000 from vaping firm
Manchester-based Supreme 8 Ltd gave £350,000 to the party in May, a year after giving another £50,000. Its offerings include watermelon bubblegum and cotton candy ice-flavoured vapes