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Baroness Warsi resigns from Tories, citing the party’s shift to the far-right
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’.
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MPs received over £700,000 in free gifts and hospitality last year
Furore over freebies like tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and football games has led to calls for reform to MPs’ gift declarations and an overhaul of the ministerial code
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UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely
Policy devised under the Conservatives to be reviewed after warnings of potential chaos for producers and suppliers
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UK Conservative Party advisor lobbied for company established by Russian oligarchs
The former chief of staff to ex-British Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has been lobbying for a company partially owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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James Cleverly targeted by dirt-digging firm’s ’dossier’ during Tory leadership contest
Party said it would give public warnings to any candidate attacking rivals or backbiting
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Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester contributed £5 million to the party just days before the election
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’
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Mel Stride becomes the second Conservative candidate to be eliminated from the leadership race
Mel Stride has become the second candidate to leave the race to become the new leader of the Conservatives.
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UK’s science minister declares end to Tory ‘war on universities’
Peter Kyle, who applied to university three times, said Tory government’s ‘war’ on higher education was over
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Priti Patel was eliminated from the Tory leadership contest in the first round
Former home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi Sunak
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Liz Truss considered cutting NHS cancer care to pay for tax cuts, claims new book
Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister claims the then PM suggested severe spending cuts to fill financial black hole
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Metropolitan Police conclude investigation into election gambling scandal with no charges filed
Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met
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Scottish Tory deputy leader resigns over ’deeply troubling’ claims by Douglas Ross
Meghan Gallacher says allegations about Ross’s actions in leadership contest pose risk to party’s reputation
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Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and invest in rehabilitation instead
Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime
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Tory councillor’s wife arrested over ’racial hatred’ ’telling rioters to set fire to migrant hotels’
Rioters have thrown parts of England and Northern Ireland into chaos with far-right thugs targeting and setting fire to hotels housing migrants in Rotherham and Tamworth
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UK shelves £1.3bn of funding for technology and AI projects
Britain’s first next-generation supercomputer, planned by Tories, in doubt after Labour government move
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Sources claim Kemi Badenoch asked to use taxpayers’ money to pay for holiday flight
MP also allegedly used her ministerial car for gym trips and ordered advisers to run personal errands
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Labour accuses Tories of ’cover up’ regarding public services
Labour have accused the Conservatives of "covering up" the scale of problems in the public sector, creating a multi-billion pound gap in department budgets.
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Labour halts Tory law on freedom of speech in English universities
Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government
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The spending cap for the Conservative leadership race has been raised to £400,000
Higher limit reflects longer race, while cash-strapped party seeks £50,000 from candidates to cover costs
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James Cleverly is the first Tory to declare his bid for leadership to replace Rishi Sunak
The Tories have announced they will not confirm their new leader until November 2 - meaning there will be months of infighting with Rishi Sunak forced to remain
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Failed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper
Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’
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New Sunak appointments result in four out of ten Tory MPs being on the frontbench
Conservative members are doubling up on shadow roles after election wipeout severely reduced their numbers
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Priti Patel to enter Conservative leadership race, sources say
Former home secretary expected to be competing against candidates including Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat
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NATO acknowledges Keir Starmer’s entrance onto the world stage
New U.K. prime minister will deliver a message of continuity on Ukraine and pledge support for the alliance.
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Rishi Sunak announces Shadow Cabinet as David Cameron quits
Rishi Sunak, who is serving as the interim Tory leader, announced his Shadow Cabinet after many top Tories lost their seats in a devastating general election night for the party
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