All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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People smugglers 'given free pass by Tories' as convictions drop by a third
Labour has hit out after new figures showed just 253 people were convicted of people smuggling last year, compared to 398 back in 2010 - while the number of prosecutions plummeted by 25%
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GP crisis as doctors quit in droves and patients can't get appointments
GPs warn primary care is being 'pushed closer towards the precipice' as patients find it harder to see their family doctor as more and more leave their job
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War of words as Sadiq Khan brands Rishi Sunak 'desperate' in attack over housing
The Government announced it was ploughing £200million into building new homes on brownfield sites in the capital - but the London Mayor pointed out that Mr Sunak had caved in to Tory rebels over housing targets
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Town council tells Nadine Dorries to finally resign as MP in savage letter
Flitwick Town Council in Bedfordshire said residents are 'desperately in need of effective representation' at Westminster and hits out ex-Cabinet minister's work on television
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'Tory austerity has left the NHS too weak to do what is necessary to save lives'
NHS England and health authorities in other parts of Britain beginning preparations is a reminder that viruses such as flu can be mass killers
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Carrie Johnson's pal takes brutal swipe at Nadine Dorries as she lingers as MP
Campaigner Nimco Ali asked the former Culture Secretary when she's actually going to resign - almost seven weeks after the ex-Culture Secretary announced she was quitting as MP for Mid Bedfordshire
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'Why won't Tories take on bad bosses harming workers and wasting taxpayer cash'
Writing for the Mirror, Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones accused ministers of dashing to help Nigel Farage while ignoring ordinary customers and workers
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Rishi Sunak pressure on NatWest 'shows power Nigel Farage has over Tories'
Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones said the PM's intervention over Dame Alison Rose's conduct was a result of the 'power Farage seems to have over the Tories'
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'Why more time MUST be taken to to rethink ticket office shutdown plans'
Axing even popular, busy ones will ­intensify the backlash and strengthen the legal case of Labour mayors preparing a court challenge
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Michael Gove plans to relax with Rioja on holiday to wildfire-hit Greek island
Wildfires have raged in the region in recent days, with up to 10,000 British holidaymakers believed to be caught up in the chaos on the popular Greek island of Rhodes
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Flip-flopping Tories in chaos as they change car ban plan five times in 24 hours
Cabinet minister Michael Gove insisted the Tories remain committed to a 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars - a day after Rishi Sunak wobbled over the deadline
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Jeremy Hunt tried to stop rail ticket office closures in own area before cuts
Passengers only have until Wednesday to have their say on the devastating proposals put forward by train operators to close ticket offices at 974 stations across England
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Top Tory blames 'chaotic' Covid crisis for infected blood scandal payout delays
The top Tory suggested then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak was preoccupied with the pandemic, adding there was a breakdown in communication about compensation for victims
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Rishi Sunak weighs up watering down climate change plans as Europe burns
The Prime Minister faces pressure from the Tory right to row back on Net Zero pledges - but Friends of the Earth say doing so under political pressure would be "inexcusable" as wildfires tear through Europe, America, and Asia
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'Tourists fleeing wildfires have no idea how lucky they are'
People with the wealth and power to pollute have the privilege of getting rescued from the effects of it, says Fleet Street Fox. Migrants whose countries have turned to war-torn desert are told to lump it
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Michael Gove desperately attempts to salvage government's record on housing
Labour's Lisa Nandy says the housing crisis has 'gone from bad to worse' after 13 years of Tory rule with the building of new homes in the country 'falling of a cliff'
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Chaos under Johnson and Truss 'held up efforts to stamp out Tory Islamophobia'
Professor Swaran Singh, who carried out a probe into anti-Muslim sentiment in the Conservative Party, said the 'turmoil' of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's chaotic stints in No10 hampered the Tories' ability to enact reforms.
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Rishi Sunak urged to fix social care now after four year 'wild goose chase'
Today, on the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s commitment, charities say millions of elderly and vulnerable Brits are still struggling to access the care they need
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One in six patients waited more than two weeks for a GP appointment, data shows
More than 4.8 million appointments took place more than a fortnight after booking in May as overstretched family doctors battle spiralling waiting lists
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Tories accused of 'empty promises' over housing with vow for new homes in cities
The Government says is on course to meet its target of building one million homes - but only two weeks ago the Commons Housing Committee warned it is unlikely to deliver its target of 300,000 new homes per year
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'Labour should not obsess about Uxbridge defeat but celebrate Selby victory'
Kevin Maguire says it is vital that Labour improves communications and puts more effort into selling policies, including the case for cleaner air when pollution kills tens of thousands of people every year
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Tory MP opens up over struggle after mum's death from alcoholism when she was 9
Sara Britcliffe, who was the youngest Conservative MP when she was elected in 2019 at just 24, revealed she was left stranded in an airport at just five years old when her mum was arrested
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Labour must back people's priorities and ditch 'baggage' to win, says Starmer
Speaking at the party’s National Policy Forum in Nottingham, the Labour leader told officials they must “learn the lessons” from their narrow by-election defeat in Uxbridge
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'Now no one can deny Keir Starmer has the steel to pull off mission impossible'
After our 2019 defeat, Labour was a shipwreck - but Keir has made the party seaworthy again, writes Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
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Tories reward their voters with new hospitals as sites in Labour areas neglected
Shotley Bridge Hospital, in a Tory seat and part of the nearby County Durham and Darlington NHS trust, will have a newbuild by 2028 - but hospitals in Labour have been neglected