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Rishi Sunak reverses away from Tory immigration pledge to reduce net migration
At the time of the 2019 election, net migration stood at just over 250,000. Figures are expected to be published next week showing the figure hit 700,000 people last year
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Deluded Jeremy Hunt insists 'everything is going well' in speech to Tory donors
At a glitzy fundraising event at the Dorchester Hotel, the Chancellor urged Conservative supporters to block out all the “negativity” after the party's catastrophic local election results
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'Thatcher's ghost' and 'Trump tribute act' - inside 'mad hatters' conference
The much-mocked National Conservatism Conference was held for the first time in the UK, with conspiracy theorists, culture warriors, Donald Trump fanatics and right-wing Tories ranting about all the things they hate
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Boris Johnson's fan club buy caps from China despite claiming to be patriotic
The foreign-made hats were handed out as supporters of the ex-PM gathered in Bournemouth for the inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation
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Rishi Sunak 'too busy' to watch Tory rival Liz Truss's Taiwan speech
The snub came after Liz Truss - Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister who almost crashed the economy - lectured the West on the need to reduce 'dependence' on Beijing
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Voter ID is 'gerrymandering' - and biggest election losers are disabled people
While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory
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Houses could be built on green belt to get prices falling says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader said he would give the go ahead to building on green belt land to ease Britain's chronic housing crisis and make homes more affordable, if he becomes Prime Minister
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MP left 'speechless' after night time volunteer relives arrest before Coronation
Suzie Melvin was one of three volunteers for Westminster Council’s Night Stars safety scheme who was help by officers hours before King Charles was crowned - despite their organisation working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police.
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Tory tells families to ditch Heinz baked beans in latest out-of-touch advice
Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, who previously said firefighters using foodbanks should 'learn how to budget', became the latest politician to offer advice to families struggling with the spiralling cost of living
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Top Tory makes cringe Holly and Phil analogy in cheap shot at Angela Rayner
In his first stint standing in for Rishi Sunak, the Deputy PM made a cringe comparison to the This Morning presenters, who are claimed to be all smiles on the surface but fighting behind the scenes
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Angela Rayner recalls 'sick feeling' of fear she couldn't pay bills as young mum
In a feisty PMQs exchange, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, who was a single mum at 16, said the Government was 'taking a wrecking ball' to measures to help kids out of poverty
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Fury as David Starkey claims anti-racists are jealous of Holocaust victims
David Starkey, who has previously made a number of unpleasant remarks about race, claimed groups like Black Lives Matter are trying to "destroy white culture" at the National Conservatism Conference - which has hosted a number of senior Tories including Suella Braverman and Michael Gove
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Rishi Sunak pleads for EU help in stopping migrant boats crossing the Channel
The Prime Minister and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen agreed to bolster cooperation in tackling illegal migration across the Strait of Dover - the world's busiest shipping lane
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Just Stop Oil disrupt Parliament hearing into Coronation protests policing
Demonstrators interrupted police chiefs giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee about officers' handling of protesters during the royal spectacle as King Charles was crowned
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Boris Johnson creates by-election chaos for Sunak by handing peerages to MP pals
The Prime Minister could face three polls in the coming months as the disgraced former PM rewards allies including his biggest cheerleader Nadine Dorries
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'Once in a lifetime' renters' shakeup put forward after years of Tory dithering
Ministers claim 11 million tenants across England will get "safer, fairer and higher quality" homes with no-fault evictions set to be scrapped - four years after the Tories promised to do so
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Bus £2 fare cap extended in win for passengers who feared its end next month
Cheaper tickets due to end next month will now remain until almost the end of 2024 after transport ministers got the Treasury to agree to a £500million package of funding to help protect bus services
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Sunak must find £42bn in tax hikes, spending cuts or borrowing for defence vow
The Royal United Services Institute think tank warned the PM will have to find billions of pounds to pay for his pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
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Tories told to launch probe as major donor named in money-laundering case
Tycoon Javad Marandi donated over half a million pounds to the Tories between 2019 and 2020 while Boris Johnson was leader, Electoral Commission records show
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Liz Truss to warn UK and EU 'can't wash their hands' of Taiwan in swipe at Sunak
The former Prime Minister will become the first ex-UK premier to visit the breakaway island for 27 years, following in the footsteps of idol, Margaret Thatcher
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Keir Starmer vows to back 'builders not blockers' with planning rules shake-up
The Labour leader will attempt to capitalise on Tory failures over the housing crisis after Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure from his own MPs to scrap house-building targets last year
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Pupils encouraged to do engineering and computing GCSEs to get jobs without uni
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham wants students to pick GCSE subjects that will help them to get good jobs in the local economy without the need for university
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'Tories just try to whip up hatred against anybody who is different from them'
Take former Conservative Minister and MP Ann Widdecombe, who is presumably not personally short of money
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Wes Streeting vows to improve cancer survival as he recalls brush with disease
The Shadow Health Secretary added he was lucky he survived his own scare after kidney cancer was picked up by chance, aged 38
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Ex-Tory Ann Widdecombe tells families to ditch cheese sandwiches to save money
The ex-minister's condescending answer to being told the price of cheese sandwiches has risen by up to 101% was for people to stop making them
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