All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Keir Starmer vows to finally get zombie knives off streets with proper ban
The Labour leader will work with experts to extend the types of weapons that are banned, as well as taking action to stop kids getting their hands on knives online
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Six million UK residents need to double income to escape poverty
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said a sustained fall in poverty has not been seen in two decades
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Tory minister accuses Art Attack host of 'bias' in strange on-air blunder
Transport Minister Huw Merriman caused bafflement when he lashed out at Art Attack host Neil Buchanan while whining about coverage of Universal Credit on Sky News
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Fury as Tory students organise boozy event to discuss sinking migrant boats
Conservatives at University College London and King's College London were accused of reaching a 'disgraceful new low' by advertising a debate on sinking boats and invading Yemen
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North Sea oil and gas production boost clears first Commons hurdle
The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill would require the industry regulator to run annual rounds for new oil and gas licences, subject to stringent new emissions and imports tests
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Horrific new footage of Battle of Orgreave emerges 40 years after Miners' Strike
Channel 4’s three-part series also includes miners speaking on camera for the first time after suffering physical and mental scars at the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners’ Strike
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Labour will force Commons vote over steel crisis as Tata Steel cuts 2,800 jobs
Tata Steel UK confirmed plans to axe up to 2,800 British jobs last week in a devastating blow to the industry - with most losses at the Port Talbot plant in South Wales
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Tory health minister hasn't sold stake in Covid testing firm a year after pledge
Labour called on millionaire Tory minister Lord Markham to explain why he has not sold his stake private health screening firm Cignpost a year after telling Parliament he would
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Tories pay another £22,000 to ex-ministers 'by mistake' after Peter Bone gaffe
Baroness Stedman-Scott and Sir David Evennett got generous severance packages when they left Government, even though they were both ineligible as they were both over 65
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Two Tories defect to Labour with devastating verdict on weak Rishi Sunak
David Wilkes and Archer Williams, who sit on Sandwell Council, said the Conservatives were 'unfit to govern' as they announced they were crossing the floor to Labour
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Fury as GP funding slashed by £350million with patients facing long waits
Rishi Sunak has been accused of overseeing an 'unforgivable' drop in GP funding after analysis by the Lib Dems found that real-terms spending has dropped by £12 per patient
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Tories accused of sabotaging good causes that could help stop the boats
In a speech to community group leaders, Keir Starmer will accuse Tories of sabotaging good causes like the RNLI and the National Trust in a 'desperate' and 'divisive' culture war
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'Four Labour defeats in a row are a reminder to take nothing for granted'
One hundred years ago the first ever Labour government had to prove they were not 'wild men' who couldn't run the country, writes Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire, and it falls to Keir Starmer to prove the same
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Blundering Tories give flasher ex-MP Peter Bone £5,600 of our money by mistake
The Cabinet Office handed Peter Bone £5,593 in severance pay after he spent 82 days as Deputy Commons Leader even though he was not entitled to anything as he's over 65
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Tories take £300k from cannabis millionaire dubbed 'Wolf of Wall Street'
Nigerian-born Lebanese entrepreneur Bassim Haidar lives a life of luxury being snapped with A-listers including Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone, and has donated thousands to the Tory party
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Teacher who sleeps in car describes trying to keep up with job while homeless
The number of working professionals like nurses and teachers who have nowhere to call home has rocketed up since 2020 - while at least 140,000 children are thought to be homeless
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'PM Sunak is ignoring the real will of the people by sticking to Rwanda plan'
After threats of rebellion from right-wing Tories over the Rwanda deportation plan failed to materialise, the bill is now headed for the Lords where members are in a fighting mood, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie
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Kids should be given jabs at home to combat spike in measles cases, Labour says
The UK Health Security Agency declared a “national incident” warning too few youngsters were protected against the potentially deadly virus - Now Labour have called on the government to let health visitors administer vaccines during home visits
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Johnny Mercer pays back £2,000 of taxpayers cash he spent on political leaflets
MPs are banned from claiming expenses for campaign leaflets - and are only allowed to charge taxpayers for non-political informational publications
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'Hold Tata's feet to the fire - 3,000 job losses will devastate the community'
The mass cull at Tata Steel works in Port Talbot would devastate workers, families and communities - shutting the last blast furnaces would also mean we have to import steel
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Peloton's Cody Rigsby savages Rishi Sunak over claim to love Britney workouts
American fitness trainer Cody Rigsby questioned how Rishi Sunak can start his day 'working out to a flamboyant gay man' and then hold 'such a narrow view on gender'
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Suspended children's home company run by reality TV star still recruiting roles
The home run by AP Care Homes Limited only opened in July but was judged “inadequate” following its first Ofsted inspection in November but it is still recruiting for staff
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'Dental decay is biggest reason children need hospital treatment
A lack of NHS dentists and long wait lists are a stark illustration of how dental services have declined under this government, with 100,000 kids having been admitted to hospital in the last five years with decay
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Britain's dental health crisis exposed as hundreds of children in hospital
The latest data shows 40% of kids don't have regular NHS check-ups and that 104,133 children went to hospital with rotten teeth over the past five years. In 2022 alone there were 116 extractions every day
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Over £300m of taxpayers' money spent by govt on Covid VIP lane is 'lost'
Firms that landed massive pandemic contracts have now stopped trading, meaning that hundreds of millions of pounds spent on unusable PPE is likely to never be recovered