All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Tory Deputy Chair faces libel claim over 'defamatory allegations of bribery'
It comes less than a week after Rishi Sunak appointed the Tory MP Mr Anderson to the central Conservative Party role - despite a string of controversial comments
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Pressure mounts on Tories to save terrestrial TV from big switch off after 2040
The Broadcast 2040+ campaign is stepping up its battle - and a petition by a leading pensioners' group has crossed the 10,000-signature milestone, forcing a response from the Government
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Foreign Office splashed £500,000 on lavish rugs and wallpapers in just 12 months
Among the splurges included more than £8,000 at a luxury lighting designer, over £3,000 at The White Company on home decor - and more than £30,000 went to luxury furniture stores
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Mirror readers say Rishi Sunak is ‘too weak’ to be Prime Minister
Around 85 percent of respondents believe the PM is 'too weak' to lead the UK government - but what do you think? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Ex-Labour Cabinet minister in Tony Blair's Government mounts bid to return as MP
Labour veteran Douglas Alexander - who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Governments - announced he was standing in the Scottish constituency of East Lothian at the next general election
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Top businessman defects to Labour with blast at Tory's 'f*** business' attitude
Former LGBT+ champion Iain Anderson said he was disillusioned with the Conservative party he's supported for nearly 40 years, saying: 'It’s not the party it used to be - I can’t defend it'
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Top Tory admits divisive Rwanda deportation plan only has 'marginal' benefits
International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell's comments are at odds with the Government after Rishi Sunak made it a key priority to stop people making the perilous Channel crossing in small boats
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Sunak and Tories accused of 'scandalous catalogue of waste' with lavish spending
In a new dossier, Keir Starmer's Labour claims taxpayers' money has been used to fund extravagant events, expensive restaurants and five-star hotels using Government Procurement Cards
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'Denying NHS heroes payout for long Covid is cruel slap to staff Tories clapped'
Condemning our NHS heroes to poverty despite them risking their lives to save ours during the height of the coronavirus pandemic is an appalling, unforgivable breach of trust
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NHS heroes with horrific Long Covid now face losing jobs as support is cut
As many as 10,000 NHS workers who kept the country running through the pandemic are now predicted to make compensation claims after having their lives ruined by Long Covid
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Brexit 'failings' discussed at cross-party talks with minister Michael Gove
The summit was held at Ditchley Park country house and was attended by both Leave and Remain figures and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, reports say
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New deputy Tory chairman faces fresh questions 'over link to white supremacists'
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, who is Rishi Sunak's new deputy Tory chairman, appears in photographs with Skegby Scooter Club regular who supports white supremacist punk bands that reference Adolf Hitler
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Tories' huge bills on five-star jaunts uncovered as Labour publish 'GPC Files'
Ministers are supposed to stay in the most cost-effective hotels, under official guidelines - but Tory bigwigs have spent millions treating themselves to luxury on the taxpayer's tab
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Tory MP Jonathan Djanogly and wife face complaints from four more housekeepers
One housekeeper at Jonathan Djanogly's home alleged she was paid less than the minimum wage to work for the millionaire while another claimed to be owed at least £450
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GP surgeries closing earlier as they struggle to afford soaring energy bills
One in 10 GP partners have been forced to reduce time with patients and nearly a quarter have stopped recruiting surgery staff due to the cost-of-living crisis.
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Truss given £15k by billionaire pal of Prince Andrew to help fund comeback bid
Johan Eliasch has given Liz Truss £15,000 to pay for staff and to support her work. Forced to quit as PM after just 44 days in October, Ms Truss launched her political return last week
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Care leavers slam £200m care plan for kids after review says billions are needed
New research says £2.6bn is needed to provide better support for the 82,000 children living in care while the Tories are touting a £200m strategy to fix the broken system
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'Ukraine will be lucky to get Airfix fighter jets from blundering Tory rabble'
After Ukrainian President Zelensky's plea to Britain for warplanes to fight the Russian invasion, columnist Mark Steel warns that the Tory Government's track record suggests he shouldn't expect much
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Labour demands Whitehall keep out of local issues like tarting up bus shelters
Yet the Government’s nosy parkers even insist councils get their go-ahead to scrape chewing gum off the streets
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Ministers admit 4000 phones given to criminals on probation now 'lost or stolen'
Thousands of basic mobile phones were handed out during the pandemic to help keep track of those being supervised by the probation service, including prisoners temporarily released on licence to reduce overcrowding in prisons
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UK to miss primary school targets after Covid sparks slump in key subjects
Ministers want 90% of 11-year olds to meet expected standards in reading, writing and maths by 2030 - up from 53% seven years ago
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Prison classrooms meant to teach lags skills during rehabilitation lying empty
A picture of an inmate putting his feet up in a deserted classroom was taken at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, which bills itself as a training prison. Inmates at the jail are supposed to learn skills
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Met Police urged to reopen Partygate probe over claims evidence was 'destroyed'
Unmesh Desai, the deputy chair of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee, has written to Met commissioner Mark Rowley asking him to take “new information into account” and revisit the inquiry
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Tories leave Britain as only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid
The Government wants to blame the pandemic and the war in Ukraine for this dire situation rather than admit it is the product of 12 years of Conservative failure
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Sunak's promotion of Lee Anderson shows the war on woke is alive and thriving
Brian Reade believes the elevation of the 'bring back capital punishment' MP could have a silver lining for Labour hopes at a General Election