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‘We want to make UK best place in world to be a female entrepreneur’, says task force co-chair
Well along with his announcement on small businesses and apprenticeships, Rishi Sunak also unveiled a new taskforce to boost private investment in organisations led by women.
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Rishi Sunak faces leadership questions ahead of looming election
Rishi Sunak has insisted ‘All conservatives are united’ despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid general election disaster.
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No confidence government would protect me, says anti-Muslim hate tsar who quit before appointment
Later this week the government will unveil its new official definition of what constitutes extremism which is intended to crackdown on Islamist and far-right extremism. Three former Tory home secretaries, Dame Priti Patel, Sir Sajid Javed and Amber Rudd, have signed a joint statement with others warning about the risks of failing to get cross-party…
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‘Sorry to see Anderson go but I don’t agree with him’, says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith
We spoke to former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and asked him whether this defection calls into question the judgement of the prime minister.
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Lee Anderson quits Conservatives for Reform UK party
Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. The Ashfield MP was stripped of the Tory whip after refusing to apologise for claiming that “Islamists” had “got control” of London mayor Sadiq Khan. The switch to Reform UK, which comes after weeks of speculation about his possible defection, gives the party its…
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Stakeknife report ‘pretty damning indictment on UK Gov’t and PIRA’ says chair of NI Affairs Select Committee
We speak to the former Justice Secretary, Conservative MP Sir Robert Buckland – who is now the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee – about Operation Kenova.
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Stakeknife: British spy in IRA probably cost more lives than saved in Troubles
The British Government should apologise for the “dark arts” which allowed a British agent operating inside the IRA to sanction kidnapping, torture and often murder of those suspected of being informers, according to the man who led the inquiry. But, for some victims’ families, the findings of Operation Kenova failed to provide a complete picture…
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‘There may well be another financial event in the autumn’, says Tory MP
Earlier we spoke to Conservative MP Stephen Hammond. I began by asking whether he thinks moving from cutting National Insurance to talk of getting rid of it altogether means the Prime Minister realises his Budget didn’t move the dial much.
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Sunak pledges to scrap National Insurance entirely
Yesterday they cut national insurance by another two pence. Today, the Prime Minister and his Chancellor want to scrap it altogether. How they would pay for it isn’t clear. Labour says the pledge is “more reckless than Liz Truss”. Meanwhile, after studying the Budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says most people will be worse…
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The Political Fourcast: Did Tory budget steal Labour policies – and May election rumblings
Will we have a May General election? Will there be massive Conservative defeat in any Election that we do have this year? And what’s the economy got to do with it?
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Galloway wins in Rochdale after campaigning on Gaza and Labour disowns candidate
Now George Galloway’s Workers party of Britain took Rochdale from Labour with forty percent of votes cast.
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Learning disabled people excluded from voter registration ad but why?
With elections coming up this year, an ad campaign is rolling out tomorrow, encouraging people to register to vote. The Electoral Commission has been working with learning disabled people – trying to make the process of voting more accessible and welcoming for them. But as Ruben Reuter reports, it then excluded them from the new…
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MPs to get extra security as tensions rise over Gaza conflict
Here in the UK, elected politicians and potential candidates will get extra protection and security as part of a £31 million funding deal.
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Middle East conflict: Inside Iran ahead of crucial elections
In two day’s time Iranians will vote to renew their parliament in a key test for the country’s regime, the test being how many people will show up to the polls and not necessarily who will win.
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Exclusive: Survey of UK voters reveals three quarters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise
Exclusive new opinion polling from Channel 4 News and DeltaPoll reveals three quarters of voters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise, if it means safeguarding public services.