All news on the topic: Conservative Party

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'Sunak siding with oil and gas giants tells us all we need to know about Tories'
The case for a proper windfall tax on the corporate cash machine is overwhelming with BP's profits more than doubling, it tells us all we need to know about the Tories
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OAPs demand general election amid warnings of 'two years of decline and drift'
The SurveyMonkey poll for the Silver Voices group revealed an overwhelming majority in favour of a ballot in 2023 amid growing anger at the Conservatives
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Russia 'massing troops and guns' as first anniversary of Ukraine invasion looms
The warning came from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute in London, revealing what Labour would do in power
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'Rishi Sunak is too weak to make fat cat oil firms pay their share'
In an article for the Mirror, Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said it is 'outrageous ' oil and gas giants are raking in enormous sums as BP reported its profits doubled to £23billion last year
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Tory MP who said Brits using foodbanks can't cook or budget made deputy chairman
The appointment comes just two weeks after Lee Anderson compared Rishi Sunak's Government to the 'band on the Titanic' over its asylum seeker policy, according to a string of leaked WhatsApp messages
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Campaigners warning over US tech giant's NHS links as deadline for deal looms
Palantir is in the running for a major contract with the health service, with the initial deadline for applying for the bumper bonanza later this week
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Rishi Sunak's reshuffle in full as Zahawi replaced and 4 departments created
The Prime Minister was forced to shake up his Cabinet after sacking Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi in a row over his tax affairs
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Boris Johnson and Liz Truss must take blame for 'chaos' says ex-Tory leader
Former Conservative leader William Hague slammed remorseless ex-PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss for failing accept responsibility for their disastrous stints in Downing Street
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Holiday warning as passports lost by Home Office reach a 5-year high
The Home Office has reportedly advised that the 10-week deadline introduced during the pandemic would remain in place due to an “elevated” and “volatile” demand for passports
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Bus services could be slashed within days without new cash pledge, warns Labour
Labour called on the Government to offer new guarantees under the Bus Recovery Grant as a crunch deadline looms for transport operators and passengers
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Tories still haven't delivered on zero hours contract pledge made five years ago
Labour's Angela Rayner said the Tories' record on workers’ rights is 'one of broken promises and abject failure' as she attacked the government for not delivering on its pledge to tackle zero hours contract
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'The Tory end times should be more fun than this'
The government's remaining lifespan can be counted in days but no-one seems to have realised, says Fleet Street Fox. We're due a 1997-style boost of joy, but can Keir Starmer deliver it?
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Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules
Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts
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Shameless Liz Truss blames Tories for not being right-wing enough after failure
Truss, who has now been an ex-PM over twice as long as the 49 days she was in the top job, moaned about her party’s failure to back her catastrophic mini-Budget plans for £47billion of unfunded tax cuts.
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Voice of the Mirror: Organ donor's family speak for us all over NHS pay deadlock
Paul and Emma know from their son’s heart transplant experience that dedicated nurses and other staff go the extra mile for patients and deserve better treatment from the Tories
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Delete TikTok from your phones to keep your data safe from hackers, says MP
Tory Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, suggested the video-sharing platform is linked to China’s efforts to build a “tech totalitarian state”
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'Warring hat-trick of Tory calamities are a tragedy for the British people'
Kevin Macguire looks at how Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak being at loggerheads is bad news for all of us as Truss tries to blame everyone but herself
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Andy Burnham: Desperately sad to see NHS on its knees with goodwill in balance
Writing for The Mirror, Andy Burnham calls on the government to give nurses the pay rise they deserve and get the NHS back on track
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Changing how pharmacies work could free up 42 million GP appointments a year
The Company Chemists’ Association said the sector could “significantly increase access to primary care”, cut annual hospital readmissions by 65,000 and deliver 10m extra routine vaccinations each year.
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Boris Johnson's 40 hospital pledge falls flat - just 10 have planning permission
The pledge was a key plank of Boris Johnson's 2019 general election manifesto - and Rishi Sunak will be banking on progress ahead of an election
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All the best reaction to Liz Truss' 'deranged' political comeback
Liz Truss' bonkers 4,000-word comeback essay has prompted quite a lot of reaction this sunny, Sunday morning. Here's some of the best comments and funniest responses to her comeback bid
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Truss' Home Secretary says her plan 'clearly' wasn't right and ignored 'reality'
In a 4,000 word screed, Liz Truss blamed everyone from the "economic establishment" to Joe Biden for getting in the way of her bonkers plan for unfunded tax cuts - but even her own ministers say her plan was to blame
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Tory minister admits son is on pre-pay energy meter - because 'it's convenient'
Last night, Labour's Shadow Climate Secretary Ed Miliband branded Grant Shapps "do-nothing" over his response to the scandal
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Full list of everyone Liz Truss blames for her failure as PM
The disaster-prone ex-PM complained she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her wild, uncosted tax-cutting rampage because a "powerful economic establishment" got in the way
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Rishi Sunak and 10 ministers receive nearly £300,000 from oil and gas firms
The revelation came in the week it was announced Shell more than doubled its annual profit to £32billion – its biggest result ever - and sparked calls for an increase in taxes on energy giants