All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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Dozens of councils to learn whether they'll have to declare bankruptcy in weeks
This month will see the government set out its proposed councils funding plan for next year, which MPs will vote through before Christmas
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'Abbie's right - the cost of living with Rishi Sunak is just too high'
A tearful Tiktok rant about the cost of her food shop sent Abbie Palmer viral for all the wrong reasons, said Fleet Street Fox. Just imagine if it was Rishi Sunak instead
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BBC Question Time audience howl with laughter at ‘Common Sense Minister’ McVey
The Cabinet minister Esther McVey was asked by a member of the BBC Question Time audience: 'I just wonder if it tells us something the Tory Party needs a minister for common sense?'
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Rishi Sunak claims he's more statesmanlike than Keir Starmer despite marbles row
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was branded petulant after cancelling a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a bizarre spat over the Elgin Marbles, but claims he is still more statesmanlike than Keir Starmer
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Rishi Sunak jets out on 11 hour Cop28 charm offensive after Greece fiasco
Rishi Sunak will meet with world leaders in Dubai at the Cop28 summit to discuss climate change and the Gaza crisis - but will have Keir Starmer breathing down the neck
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Covid families demand Matt Hancock tell truth as he faces reckoning over 'lies'
Matt Hancock will be grilled under oath at the Covid Inquiry this morning. The former Health Secretary has been accused of repeatedly failing to tell the truth during the crisis
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Fury as Cameron and Sunak take separate planes to COP28 climate summit
Rishi Sunak and David Cameron have been accused of 'sending the wrong signals' to the rest of the world by travelling separately to the United Arab Emirates for the COP28 summit
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Rishi Sunak told by Tory MP to 'finally' take action on Islamophobia
A former Tory minister confronted Rishi Sunak at Prime Minister's Questions to tell him 'enough is enough' and more needs to be done to tackle anti-Muslim hatred
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Covid Inquiry latest - Michael Gove wrote 'we're f***ing up' in brutal WhatsApps
Michael Gove, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the pandemic, is giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry. He chaired key meetings of ministers during the pandemic
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Tories announce new National Park for Britain - here's where could it be created
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced the search for a 16th National Park will begin early next year, but with plenty of areas in the running, where could it be created?
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Michael Gove warned UK was 'f***ing up' in stark WhatsApp, Covid Inquiry told
Senior Tory Michael Gove apologised to families who lost loved ones for the mistakes made during the Covid pandemic as messages from Dominic Cummings were shown to the Covid Inquiry
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Veterans win official review of nuked blood 'cover-up'
More than 100 documents about blood and urine tests of troops which the MoD previously denied existed will be reviewed, Parliament has been told
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Teachers risk being sacked under draconian Tory anti-strike plans due next year
Unions accused the Government of being 'disingenuous and cynical' after calling time on weeks of talks over draconian minimum service levels in schools without warning
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Key migration figures as Tories descend into civil war over record numbers
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal the UK's net migration level was 745,000 in 2022 - the highest level on record as Rishi Sunak admits it needs to come down
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James Cleverly says he'll look into changing law to make fireworks quieter
Home Secretary James Cleverly said he will consider a call from Labour MP Judith Cummins, who urged ministers to lower the limit on how loud fireworks are allowed to be. The RSPCA has led calls for the move
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Tory MP Therese Coffey says she's received death threats over XL Bully ban
Thérèse Coffey resigned from Rishi Sunak's Cabinet as Environment Secretary a fortnight ago, saying she 'nearly died' from the stress of being a Government minister
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James Cleverly branded 'Corporal Calamity' as Tories go to war over migration
In a scathing attack Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs that James Cleverly is referred to as 'Corporal Calamity' as anger grows over record net migration figures
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'Taxpayers deserve to know truth over Michelle Mone £200million Covid contracts'
Tory peer Michelle Mone acknowledged this month she was involved with the company PPE Medpro, writes the Voice of the Mirror
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'Everything Golden Boy Rishi touches turns to dust - he's Midas in reverse'
'The next election is about damage limitation, saving seats, minimising defeat for the Tories when Keir Starmer has one foot in Downing Street already'
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Tory crackdown on NHS staff from abroad will be 'final straw' for care sector
Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea expressed alarm over Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick's push to cap NHS and social care visas, and ban foreign care workers from bringing dependents
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Michael Gove and Matt Hancock questioned by 'Britain's FBI' on Michelle Mone row
Former lingerie tycoon Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman came under scrutiny after concerns were raised about her alleged failure to declare financial interests in PPE Medpro
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Surge in knighthoods doled out to sitting Tory MPs sparks fresh 'cronyism' row
Analysis found an eightfold increase in the number of knighthoods or damehoods awarded to sitting MPs since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 - with two thirds handed to serving Tories
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Fiery clash on BBC's Laura Kuenssberg show as panellist wants 'President Farage'
The heated exchange between Reform UK's Richard Tice and Unison's Christina McAnea included the bizarre suggestion that a President Nigel Farage - who is currently on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here - would be a good idea
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Tory Lee Anderson boasts he was offered 'a lot of money' to join Farage's Reform
Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson made the claims in a leaked recording but Reform UK said while it held talks with disaffected Tories, 'no cash or money has in any way been offered'
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'There are two Jeremy Hunts - the prudent Chancellor and one we saw last week'
Tory economic ­mismanagement has left the ceiling so low it is pressing on Jeremy Hunt’s shoulders, and millions will face either higher taxes or spending cuts if it is not to collapse