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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

The entirely invented scare story is based on a relatively uncontroversial urban planning concept which has been the case for British towns and cities for decades anyway - but a group of online cranks claim it's a nefarious plot by the New World Order to trap us in dystopian ghettoes.

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

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'

The former Tory leader, whose free-market, tax slashing policies crashed the economy during her 49-day premiership, gave her only address of the conference, arguing for even more wild tax cuts, deregulation and the persecution of newts

The decision to axe the high speed rail line from Birmingham to the North West of England comes as the Tories gather in Manchester for their annual party conference

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

Liz Truss has escaped again, they think Boris Johnson was a brilliant PM, and Rishi Sunak swears down he's onto a winner. The Tory Party is so deluded it should be on medication, says Fleet Street Fox

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hopped on a BA flight from London to Manchester, which usually takes around an hour, rather than a two-hour, 15-minute rail journey

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton is being investigated by the Commons sleaze watchdog after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information

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

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted British support for Kyiv must continue, regardless of whether the Republican wins the US presidential race taking place next November

The Chancellor was grilled on whether he plans to maintain the policy, which puts up the state pension each April in line with whichever is highest - inflation, average wage increases or 2.5%

Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls hit out at a regular guest who was scheduled to appear on Monday's show, but failed to show up on time

Donald Trump is yet again set to attend court, this time he is going willingly. His focus is on 'clearing his name', but some charges already have a ruling

It comes despite a Government report warning earlier this year that claimants who have faced a sanction get back into work less quickly and earn less when they do

The unrepentant ex-Prime Minister will gather her allies for a "growth" rally at Conservative party conference, where she will demand cuts to corporation tax for big businesses

Ending child hunger, guaranteeing a mid-day meal for every primary school pupil in England – to level it up with Wales and Scotland – is a no-brainer as well as only fair.

Lord Shaun Bailey launched an extraordinary attack on Sadiq Khan at the Tory Party Conference, but then refused to give an update on his own legal woes after a rulebreaking lockdown bash

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

Families in the UK are on course to have £3,500 less in their bank accounts next year ahead of the General Election due to future tax rises, claimed a leading economics thinktank

Polling by the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is run by Tory mayor Andy Street, found 72% feel that London and the South East get more money than the rest of UK

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

Helen Lomas, 40, was one of thousands of protesters who rallied against Conservative failures outside the Manchester Central Convention Complex, where top Tories were assembled

While Rishi Sunak was not represented anywhere in the shop’s stock - party faithful could pick up any number of Thatcher-branded novelties, including tote bags, a Christmas jumper and matching baubles