All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Boris Johnson 'asked me to do something not right', says Rishi Sunak
The Prime Minister rejected a request from his predecessor-but-one - sparking an almighty row in the Conservative Party. But the PM today said it was "tough" if people objected
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SNP leader Humza Yousaf told to suspend Nicola Sturgeon after her arrest
The rookie First Minister is under pressure to take action against his predecessor after she was grilled by officers investigating the nationalist party's finances
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'The warring Conservative party is an embarrassment Britain simply can't afford'
Lightweight Rishi Sunak should call a general election immediately - rather than cowardly try to cling on by contesting three by-elections triggered by Boris Johnson's exit
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Furious Tories round on Boris Johnson and say he must 'shut up and go away'
Boris Johnson was 'grim-faced' when he reportedly decided to resign on a flight from Egypt - now seething Conservative MPs are begging with the former Prime Minister to stop damaging the party
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Nigel Farage claims more than 10 Tory MPs could join 'insurgent' campaign
The former Ukip leader said the 'gap for another insurgency is actually bigger than it was 10 years ago' and suggested some jittery Conservatives who fear losing their seats could join it
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Hollywood actor delivers brutal TV takedown of 'compulsive liar' Boris Johnson
Scottish star Alan Cumming unleashed a vicious tirade about the former Prime Minister's honesty, as the Tory Party is embroiled in yet more bitter infighting
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Truss blamed for £150-a-week rise in mortgage bills after disastrous mini-Budget
People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1.49% charged two years earlier - and Labour is blaming former PM Liz Truss
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'Sunak must nip Johnson's comeback ambitions in the bud - and call election now'
Boris Johnson was never fit to represent his constituents, much less to lead the country, so in some ways, his downfall is, at long last, a victory for common sense, for the people and for justice.
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Keir Starmer tells Rishi Sunak to 'get a backbone' and call general election now
Keir Starmer said people have had enough of the 'farce' of Tory rule and want a general election now. He also accused Rishi Sunak of losing control as the Conservatives descend into civil war
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'The Tories are in meltdown over energy - it's time to fight for British jobs'
Labour's Ed Miliband writes: "The Tories will tell you we can’t afford to invest in these jobs of the future. Labour says we can’t afford not to invest."
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Labour's Wes Streeting 'Cancer stories hit me differently now'
The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from the East End to Cambridge University and Westminster
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'Johnson and Trump are equally deluded and destructive as they face the music'
Keir Mudie says Boris Johnson and Donald Trump operate from the same populist playbook – both turn on the mechanisms that get rid of them, both attack institutions that reject them
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By-election headache for Rishi Sunak as third Tory MP quits in 24 hours
In a tumultuous 24 hours for the Conservative Party, Nigel Adams MP announced on Saturday that he was following the former prime minister Boris Johnson and former culture secretary Nadine Dorries' lead in quitting Westminster
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Boris Johnson's comeback hint as he doesn't rule out standing in Dorries' seat
Boris Johnson’s spokesman declined to comment on the suggestion he would stand in Nadine Dorries former Mid Bedfordshire seat - after she quit earlier today
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Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis branded obscene
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners
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Boris Johnson's resignation statement in full as he lashes out over Partygate
The disgraced former PM said he was 'bewildered and appalled that I'm being forced out’ as he announced he would quit as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip immediately
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Nadine Dorries quits as Tory MP triggering by-election in revenge on Rishi Sunak
Her departure comes after fevered speculation she was in line for a peerage from Boris Johnson, whose long-awaited honours list is expected shortly
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Osborne tells moaning Tories to stop blaming Whitehall 'blob' for their mess
The Conservative stalwart, who unleashed devastating austerity cuts in 2010, told a Tory event: 'We are in charge of our country’s destiny and we should stop blaming others if we don’t get things right'
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Rishi Sunak told to make formal apology to gay veterans kicked out of the forces
In an exclusive article for the Mirror, two Labour frontbenchers called on the Prime Minister to say sorry to veterans forced out of the military for their sexuality
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'Brexit was supposed to save the badgers - instead we're killing more than ever'
We're even shooting badgers that we vaccinated so that we wouldn't need to shoot them, says Fleet Street Fox. This government has Mad Badger Disease
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Rishi Sunak blasted over delay to social care costs cap as 2025 date in doubt
The Prime Minister cast fresh doubt over the already-delayed October 2025 date for introducing a financial cap which would mean no-one paid more than £86,000 for care
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Rishi Sunak shrugs blame for relying on foreign nurses to fill NHS jobs
The PM is facing criticism over his government’s failure to train enough doctors and nurses and Ghana has warned that it is facing a 'brain drain' as health workers leave for jobs overseas
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Boris Johnson 'dishonours' list must finally bring House of Lords change
Labour should commit to reform of the honours system after ex-PM's list of peerages, says Paul Routledge
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Keir Starmer blasts 'asleep at wheel' Tories as he vows to save steel industry
On a visit to British Steel site in Scunthorpe, the Labour leader said a good, secure steel industry is a 'massive prize' - and it would be 'unforgivable for this Government to simply sit it out'
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Rishi Sunak and Biden announce Atlantic Declaration but still no free trade deal
It marks yet another Tory broken promise after the party pledged in its 2019 election manifesto it would strike a deal by the end of 2022