All news on the topic: Conservative Party Conference

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Sunak took £10k helicopter ride and bagged Tories £250k donation from tycoon
New figures show how lucrative the Prime Minister's widely criticised chopper stop in Altrincham was - as his party later netted a whopping donation from the co-owner of B&M Bargains
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'Keir Starmer needs to give us hope there will be real change on knife crime'
Darren Lewis knows only too well the heartbreak that comes with our knife epidemic, and he says we urgently need a better way forward and a national strategy so families don't live in fear
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Rishi Sunak 'totally ignored' older people in Tory conference speech
Silver Voices, which campaigns on behalf of over-60s, said the PM’s conference speech had no clear answer on the social care crisis or hospital waiting lists
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'Braverman's anti-immigrant rhetoric is whipped up by a fear of losing power'
Suella Braverman's anti-immigrant rhetoric is whipped up by desperation and fear of losing power, and she is far from alone in the Tory ranks, says Ros Wynne-Jones
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'PM's rail pledges as fake as the 40 new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson'
A supposed £36billion package of transport projects announced by Rishi Sunak in the wake of the HS2 scrapping have already been shown to be as fake as Boris Johnson's '40 new hospitals' claim
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Rishi Sunak's HS2 replacement plan - delays, re-announcements and broken vows
The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises
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Kemi Badenoch can't speak for every Black person as she has a different reality
It is hard being a Black person in Britain, even if MP Kemi Badenoch tries to say it's the best place to be for us, day by day we face challeneges and setbacks merely because we are Black
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Rishi Sunak axes HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester in betrayal of North
After weeks of dithering, the Prime Minister used a speech to Tory faithful in Manchester to confirm he was scrapping the northern leg of HS2 amid spiralling costs
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Tory minister roasted for 'party of facts' claim in car-crash interview
BBC Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire clashed on air with Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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Rishi Sunak's lavish life with billionaire wife - with overseas home and 4 cars
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to give his first speech as Tory leader to the Conservative Party Conference today and will have some big questions to answer - not least about HS2
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Station ticket office closures 'fuelling human rights crisis', warn pensioners
The National Pensioners' Convention takes place in London later this month and the railway industry's plan to axe hundreds of front counters will be top of the agenda
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PM leaves door open for Farage Tory return but ex-UKIP boss says: 'No, no, no'
Rishi Sunak refused to rule out letting the arch Brexiteer back into the Conservative Party, but Nigel Farage ruled out a return citing high net migration, tax and differences over Brexit
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Nigel Farage and Priti Patel dance and fist pump in incredibly cringey clip
Nigel Farage and Priti Patel were filmed dancing and fist pumping to Can't Take My Eyes Off You during a boozy Tory bash at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester
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Sunak confronted over OAP forced to choose between giving up dog and foodbank
The Prime Minister was tackled over the heartbreaking decision faced by dog-lover Bill Martin, 80, when his pet fell ill over the summer and needed an operation
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Emergency Cabinet meeting expected as PM drops big hint he'll axe HS2 to North
The Prime Minister is set to order a Cabinet meeting where top Tories are expected to formally sign the death warrant for plans to run the high speed line to Manchester
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Britain 'best place in the world to be black', says top Tory Kemi Badenoch
The Business Secretary told adoring grassroots activists at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester the UK 'is a country that sees people and not labels'
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Millionaires in Jeremy Hunt's own area will save £157m from inheritance tax cut
The Chancellor is considering giving the country’s most wealthy families a massive tax break by abolishing inheritance tax. The levy is only paid by the richest 4%
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Top Tory attacks 'woke' bankers as he brands UK arms industry 'power for good'
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps launched a passionate defence of the British arms industry when he addressed a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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Health Secretary spends £55,000 on virtual tours of 40 new hospitals not built
Steve Barclay is putting on roadshows across the country to give the public the chance to put on headsets and pretend they’re getting treated in the new facilities
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Ex-No10 aide lashes out at Rishi Sunak's housing target decision
Samuel Kasumu, who was a special advisor under Boris Johnson, said that members of the Sunak Government 'lack the intellectual range to fix the big issues of today'
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Tory defence chief blasts 'unhelpful' Elon Musk for foiling Ukrainian attack
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps lashed out at the Twitter billionaire after he admitted thwarting a seaborne assault by Kyiv on Russia's Black Sea fleet at anchor in Crimea
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Woman who danced in Tory HQ in lockdown lost for words when confronted by Mirror
The Mirror’s bombshell Partygate tape showed Malin Bogue twirling around at the 'Jingle and Mingle' bash in Conservative HQ as socialising indoors was prohibited
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Tory transport boss defends plan to shut hundreds of rail station ticket offices
Cabinet Minister Mark Harper doubled down on moves to shut 974 railway station front counters in a bid to save money, despite the plan triggering a huge backlash
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Ex-Education boss Michael Gove says some state schools are like 'teen crèches'
Michael Gove said state schools should provide a more rigorous education, giving the example of one academy that provides activities like 'putting on a play in ancient Greek'
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British fighter jets sent to Poland to protect NATO ally from Russian aggression
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps revealed the deployment of British fighter jets to NATO ally Poland to deter Russian aggression following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine
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