All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Teachers call for 'zero tolerance' as 10% hit by pupil violence
Wendy Exton, a member of the union's national executive is calling for a "zero tolerance" policy from headteachers after the sharp increase in violence and threats since the pandemic
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Rishi Sunak to meet Biden as PM promises to 'make good' on Good Friday Agreement
The trip will also mark Rishi Sunak’s first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Prime Minister - and marks the 25th anniversary of the peace deal
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Sunak's wife part-owns childcare firm that got up to £10,000 in furlough money
Akshata Murthy is a shareholder in Koru Kids - a nanny and childminder firm which also benefit from a newly-unveiled golden hello policy in the budget
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Tory Steve Barclay faces questions over meeting with nightclub owners
The Health Secretary met with representatives of Ministry of Sound twice in November, while Nurses were seeking negotiations to avoid strike action. His department refuses to explain what was discussed at the meetings
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'Health Secretary is putting lives at risk by refusing to hold urgent talks'
Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to avoid this calamity but so far he has refused to resume negotiations with the British Medical Association
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Tory voter ID rule is a clear message to the young - you’re worthless to us
Brian Reade says the photo ID requirement for voting is just another example of how the Government couldn't care less about those who aren't true blue
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Labour doubles down on Rishi Sunak attacks with another ad despite backlash
Labour has released a second advert targeting Rishi Sunak over crime despite a backlash after claiming he didn't think paedophiles should be jailed
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Nurse says 'first my daughter then my husband died because of Tory NHS cuts'
Michelle Campbell-Cairns said the Tory government's cuts to the NHS have robbed her of her only child Nadejah, who was refused cancer treatment, and husband Greg who died on a trolley in A&E
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Backlash over Labour ad claiming PM doesn't think paedophiles should be jailed
An advert shared by the party has sparked fury, with Labour MP John McDonnell saying the party "should be better than this", and critics branding it "nasty politics"
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MP tells undercover reporters there are 'ways around' strict rules
It comes after Scott Benton was stripped of the Tory whip on Wednesday evening after a newspaper sting alleged he was prepared to leak policy documents to a bogus investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf
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Tory accused of telling MP her religion made colleagues 'uncomfortable' gets off
Government ethics advisor Sir Laurie Magnus said he was unable to find any "clear evidence" that former chief whip Mark Spencer had made negative remarks about Nusrat Ghani's Muslim faith
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Asylum seeker plan for RAF base would 'ruin Dambusters' legacy', warns Starmer
The Labour leader hit out at Tory plans to place 2,000 migrants at RAF Scampton - once home to the famous 617 Squadron and the Red Arrows
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BBC News hosts put on a united front with rare selfie amid string of axes
BBC News presenter Maxine Croxall posted a selfie from the pub with fellow hosts Geeta Guru-Murthy and Annita McVeigh
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Suella Braverman victorious in Battle of Waterlooville against fellow Tory MP
The Home Secretary beat backbencher Flick Drummond in the race to be selected as the candidate for the new seat In Hampshire created by constituency boundary changes
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'Polling booth ID is the Tories trying to suppress young adults from voting'
The Tories are putting up barriers around the ballot box. This is an unnecessary requirement when the scale of electoral fraud is so minimal
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New sewage scandal as data shows waste is dumped on to coast every three minutes
The Labour Party analysed data from the Environment Agency (EA) which it says shows 141,777 sewage dumping events across 137 of a total of 139 coastal constituencies in England and Wales in 2022
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Over 4,000 child sex offenders not in jail and 'free to roam streets' since 2010
Thousands of adults convicted of of sexual assault or sexual activity on children under 16 are being let off with community sentences or suspended sentences, Labour analysis shows
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Tory MP offered to 'lobby ministers for fake gambling firm' in undercover sting
Blackpool South MP Scott Benton was secretly filmed by reporters boasting of his access to ministers in a meeting with fake gambling investors
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Tory council candidate kicked out over racist 'shoot the P***s' Facebook post
Derek Bullock was re-selected by the Conservatives to stand for a seat on Bolton Council at local elections next month despite previously being suspended by the party
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Suella Braverman ploughs ahead with migrant barge plan despite Tory legal threat
The Home Office has confirmed its plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm vessel docked at Portland Port in Dorset - but Tory MP Richard Drax says he is considering a legal challenge
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Trans women could be banned from single-sex spaces under new proposals
The recommendation comes from crossbench peer Baroness Kishwer Falkner, who chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission and was asked to carry out a review
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'Avalanche of litter' as rubbish dumped 125 times an hour in fly-tipping surge
Labour has unveiled plans to set up 'clean up squads' to ensure that those who make mess have to clean it up as alarming figures show there are 125 instances of fly-tipping an hour
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'Under the Tories the frail, the vulnerable and the old have been deserted'
Charity Age UK found 2.5 million people aged 50 and over do not get the care they deserve, and there is also a desperate shortage of care workers, with vacancies at a record 165,000
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Tory minister banned from driving after being caught speeding 30mph over limit
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was clocked driving at 68mph on the M1, despite a temporary 40mph limit being in place, and was given a driving ban due to 'repeat offending'
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Suella Braverman's refugee barge plan in chaos as Tory MP threatens legal action
Tory MP Richard Drax said legal action is being looked at as he called on Suella Braverman to scrap the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset