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Conservative U-Turn on tax cuts explained
Our political editor Gary Gibbon explains why the Chancellor U-turned on tax cuts.
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‘Prime minister was right to ask protests not be held on remembrance weekend,’ says Conservative MP
We spoke to Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative MP and former Veterans Minister, and began by asking him how veterans felt about the scenes at the Cenotaph on Saturday.
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New justice reforms are ‘right approach to sentencing’, says Conservative MP
The government has announced how it plans to tackle overcrowding in prisons across England and Wales. Figures last week showed that the prison population has hit a record high of 88,225.
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Conservative Party Conference: Senior London Tory removed for heckling Braverman
At the Conservative party conference in Manchester the Home Secretary Suella Braverman got the best reception of the week for her speech warning that a “hurricane” of migrants was coming to Britain.
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HS2 decision overshadows beginning of Conservative Party Conference
The Tories have reached Manchester for their party conference although it’s far from clear if High Speed Rail ever will.
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Will the Conservative lower taxes?
Earlier we spoke to Giles Wilkes, who was economic adviser to Theresa May, and James Cowling, founder of Next Gen Tories, which campaigns for youth-friendly policies – including lower taxes.
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Time to ‘update the Geneva convention on refugees’, says Conservative MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP Brendan Clarke Smith and put it to him that the home secretary clearly wants a new definition of ‘refugee’.
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EXCLUSIVE POLL: 40% of voters less likely to vote Conservative if government doesn’t stick to previous climate change commitments
How is the Prime Minister’s change of messaging on the government’s green strategy playing out with voters and businesses?
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Government housing rule changes will not ‘lead to across the board increases in pollution’, says Conservative MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Philip Dunne who chairs the environmental audit committee, and Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party.
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‘It’s like an episode of Fawlty Towers’: Conservative councillor on Bibby Stockholm barge
We spoke to Louie O’Leary, a Conservative Dorset County Councillor for the area near where the Bibby Stockholm is moored.
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It makes sense to use our supply of oil and gas, says Conservative MP
We spoke to Conservative MP for South Thanet and chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, Craig Mackinlay.
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Labour overturn 20,000 Conservative majority to win Selby and Ainsty by-election
Labour are busy in Selby and Ainsty doing a victory lap after overturning a Tory majority of twenty thousand – a result that will send 25 year old Kier Mather to Westminster.
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Conservatives face public test in three by-elections
In just over a week, voters will go to the polls in three separate by-elections across the country and they’re likely to be a significant test of public opinion.
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Conservative hopeful pulls out of London mayor race after groping claim
There’s one less person in the race to be the Tory candidate for Mayor of London this evening after Daniel Korski abandoned the contest.
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Johnson fallout: two more Conservative MPs quit
One of the less bizarre things about yesterday was that Boris Johnson made his Parliamentary hairdresser an OBE in his resignation honours list. It’s what he seems to be doing to his own party that is truly startling. Mr Johnson’s resignation has triggered a total of three by-elections – so far.
