Micheal Martin apologises to Fianna Fail TDs and Senators after Gavin withdrawal The Fianna Fail parliamentary party met in private on Wednesday night after Mr Gavin’s dramatic withdrawal. Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025
Badenoch sets out her vision to redefine Tory party – but few are listening Rivals lurk in the aisles at sparsely attended conference at which the party leader ignores the threat from Reform The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch’s speech: following the path of denial, delusion and defeat Editorial: The Conservative leader offers no insight into her party’s past failure and no original ideas that might make it relevant to Britain’s future The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
Pat Bradley obituary Chief electoral officer for Northen Ireland who never voted, to ensure no one questioned his independence The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025
Badenoch enjoys her first, and probably last, Tory conference leader’s speech The audience cheered and clapped to convince themselves the whole thing hadn’t been a waste of time The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
London mayor race: Sir James Cleverly considers running, saying: 'I'd be stupid not to think about it' ‘Watching London go wrong angers me enormously,’ says former Tory foreign secretary Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025
Iain Coleman obituary Labour MP fired by compassion for those left behind by society who fought for free social care provision at home The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
Alex Cole-Hamilton wants to be Deputy First Minister in 'coalition' with Labour ALEX Cole-Hamilton has said he wants to be Scotland’s next deputy first minister and that he would be open to serving under Anas Sarwar in a… The National (Scotland) · Oct 8, 2025
Tories would scrap stamp duty on primary residences, Kemi Badenoch tells conference Leader announces tax cut plan for England and Northern Ireland in speech aimed at boosting fiscal credibility The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
Campaigners react to Scottish Government's latest independence paper CAMPAIGNERS and politicians have responded to the publication of the Scottish Government’s latest paper on independence. The National (Scotland) · Oct 8, 2025
Miliband on ‘messianic drive’ to pull plug on North Sea extraction, says Bowie Shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie described UK oil and gas policies as “unhinged”. Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she delivers conference speech The embattled Tory leader thanked party members for ‘standing by’ her amid dire poll ratings Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025
Chocolate Bar Conservative Party Fail: 'Britian' Typo Turns Tory Slogan Into a Joke A misspelled 'Britian' slogan on Tory conference chocolate bars sparked ridicule and overshadowed Kemi Badenoch's push to present the Conservatives as competent. International Business Times UK · Oct 8, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Oct 8, 2025 Scottish independence could make people £10,000 better off per year, new paper claims SCOTTISH independence could make people £10,000 better off per year, a new paper has suggested ...
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025 Starmer targets inflammatory chants at Palestine protests for further curbs PM says Labour will address suggestions of antisemitic hate as he orders review of protest policing powers
Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2025 Scots households would be £10,000 better off with independence, paper claims First Minister John Swinney warned of a ‘rightward shift’ in the UK.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025 Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – as it happened The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairer
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025 Badenoch unveils ‘golden rule’ to use half of spending cuts to reduce deficit Conservative leader aims to rebuild party’s economic credibility after it was torched by her predecessors
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025 Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
International Business Times · Oct 8, 2025 Britain's Storied Conservative Party Faces Uncertain Future They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli.
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025 Kemi Badenoch to focus on economy in crunch leader’s speech to Tory conference The party leader will set out a ‘golden rule’ that half of money saved from cuts must be put towards driving down the deficit as she seeks to restore party’s economic reputation
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025 Badenoch to pledge half of money from cuts will go towards driving down deficit Labour accused Kemi Badenoch of having a ‘brass neck’ as she seeks to position her party as the only one that can get the economy back on track.
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025 Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, Lucy Powell says The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’.
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025 Badenoch to pledge doubling of apprenticeship budget and cut in degree numbers The Tory leader will pledge to reintroduce caps on student numbers in every subject area.