All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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'EastEnders might want to prepare for Mick Carter's comeback after soap death'
Danny Dyer appears to still be in character for his EastEnders role of Mick Carter, despite starring in a brand new Channel 5 show, writes Ian Hyland
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'We’re starving on a diet of austerity... and it works for absolutely no one'
Paul Routledge on the inexcusable rise of malnutrition in England, and how this all points to a return to Victorian times with cases of illnesses like scurvy and rickets on the up alongside Tory austerity
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'Boris Johnson wasn’t just one bad apple', Angela Rayner warns in sleaze speech
Labour's Shadow Deputy Leader made the comments as she outlined her party’s plan for 'a new standards watchdog with tougher rules and stronger enforcement'
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Junior doctors vow to keep striking as pay offer 'means just 84p extra an hour'
Junior doctors have blasted the Government's pay offer as 'derisory' as they insist it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors
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Ministers given green light to challenge Rwanda legal ruling at Supreme Court
Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to drop the controversial project after top judges last month ruled it was unlawful because the central African nation isn't a safe place to send refugees
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Evidence of crimes against Brit servicemen in Cold War radiation experiments
The nuked blood scandal first exposed by the Mirror last year has uncovered shocking new evidence of possible crimes committed by the British state against its own servicemen
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Lawyers probe Nadine Dorries for 'forceful' messages over blocked peerage
In a savage dig at Nadine Dorries, Tory MP William Wragg - who chairs Parliament's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - described her as the 'lingering MP for Mid Bedfordshire'
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Nadine Dorries to publish book on Boris Johnson 'political assassination'
The former Culture Secretary claims to have uncovered a 'history of treachery and deceit' as she points the finger at "powerful, unaccountable forces behind the scenes" for the shamed ex-PM's downfall
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Tory minister gives virtual reality tour of 40 new hospitals as they don’t exist
Labour's Wes Streeting said patients need a government in the 'real world' as Steve Barclay resorted to hosting reality tours of hospitals that haven't been built
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Rishi Sunak could snub recommended pay hike for police, troop and nurses
The Prime Minister indicated he could overrule proposals from independent Pay Review Bodies into how much of a wage hike public sector workers should receive
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'Mortgages are on a road to hell - someone must stand up for ordinary people'
The average 6.66 per cent rate is stinging in part because the Bank of England, with the backing of Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, is hiking interest rates to curb inflation
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Rishi Sunak savagely mocked as Tory immigration plan shredded to pieces
Labour's shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock told MPs that the PM had given a jubilant 'victory jig' when small boat crossings fell slightly - only for them to skyrocket in the following weeks
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Lee Anderson loses half his audience as viewers turn off his £100k GB News show
The Conservative deputy chairman’s Friday night programme has been hit by plummeting ratings as viewers grow tired of the politician nicknamed '30p Lee' after just three episodes
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Tory admits he's 'ashamed' after minister orders Disney mural is painted over
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick ordered staff at an immigration detention centre in Dover, Kent, to paint over pictures of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as cartoon favourites Tom and Jerry, because he felt they were too "welcoming"
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Tory claim that axing private school tax breaks would lead to exodus debunked
The Institute for Fiscal Studies rejected Conservative Party warnings that removing tax perks would lead to large numbers of pupils moving into the state schools system
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Boris Johnson pal makes huge gaffe in Partygate debate - as Labour MP tearful
A three-hour long debate on the Privileges Committee's report into MPs who tried to undermine an inquiry into Boris Johnson's Partygate lies saw the chair of the committee become tearful at one point
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Lee Anderson under investigation for using taxpayer-funded offices for TV show
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has opened a sleaze probe into the deputy Tory chairman after the Mirror revealed he had recorded a plug for his GB News show on the Parliamentary Estate
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'Fortune favours the bold - Starmer knows he won't be forgiven if Labour lose'
Haunted by ghosts of Neil Kinnock in 1992 and Ed Miliband in 2010, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory is the nightmare of increasingly optimistic Labour Shadow Cabinet Ministers
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More than 700,000 households miss out on £300m worth of energy bill support
Out of 900,000 households in places such as park homes and houseboats that were eligible for a one-off £400 payment from the government, only 200,000 applied and 60,000 were rejected
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Rishi Sunak branded 'shameful' for no new defence plans since Putin invasion
As the Prime Minister prepares for the two-day NATO summit this week, he faces mounting criticism at home over the state of Britain’s armed forces and delays to a key Defence Command Paper
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'Tory chaos' means Labour can't to do everything we want to, warns Rachel Reeves
The Shadow Chancellor said Labour's housebuilding plan would put rocket boosters under the industry as the party focuses on stabilising the economy
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MPs get subsidised five-course feast with stilton and veal for just £65
Taxpayers paid £17million to subsidise food and drink across the Commons’ bars and eateries from 2018 to 2021 - and the special banquet marks 250 years of Commons grub
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Labour bid to 'prevent another Pincher' with plan to clean up politics
The Deputy Labour leader will set out proposals for an Ethics and Integrity Commission, with the power to independently launch investigations into allegations of misconduct in government.
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Boris Johnson blew £800k painting union flag on another prime ministerial plane
The Cabinet Office initially tried to keep secret the cost of painting the Titan Airways jet. But he was forced to reveal the price following a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office
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Labour launch last-ditch bid to stop Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey's peerage
Tory Lords bosses have been urged to step in and prevent the failed Mayoral candidate accepting a peerage within two weeks while police are probing his 'jingle and mingle' bash