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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s speech: ‘jam tomorrow’ policies won’t win over voters

Editorial: The Tory party cannot reconcile voters’ desire for better public services with its own small-state instincts

The Guardian - UK

West Midlands mayor ‘close’ to resigning after talks with PM about HS2

Andy Street said plans to axe the HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester came ‘out of the blue’.

The Independent UK

Tributes as Yes campaigner who created SNP's famous rosette dies aged 90

THE SNP’s Westminster leader has led tributes to a veteran independence campaigner who has died aged 90 ...

The National (Scotland)

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Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech goes up in smoke as David Cameron and Liz Truss attack key plans

Former PMs lead open revolt against Sunak over plans to scrap HS2 northern leg and ban smoking for next generation

The Independent UK

The astounding return of Liz Truss: why do so many Tories still love the failed leader?

She left Downing Street with rock-bottom ratings after tanking the economy. But at Tory party conference this week she was impossible to ignore

The Guardian - UK

John Curtice gives his verdict on divided Tories after chaotic conference

RISHI Sunak has realised the Conservative Party is “in a hole” and has launched a last-ditch attempt to secure a legacy, according to a leader…

The National (Scotland)

RishGPT veers between dull and delusional in Tory conference speech

Sunak may be slightly better than the Maybot, but he’s still very much AI in development

The Guardian - UK

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MSPs call on UK Government to scrap 'abhorrent' two-child benefit cap

MSPs have called on the UK Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap following a heated debate in the Scottish Parliament ...

The National (Scotland)

I went to Rutherglen to ask locals who they'd be supporting in the by-election

SPEAKING to voters on the streets of Rutherglen – ahead of a much-anticipated Westminster by-election in the area on Thursday – there was one…

The National (Scotland)

Ask John Rentoul anything about Tory Party conference revelations – from HS2 to smoking bans

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions on the fallout from the Conservative Party conference

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s speech showed what’s next for the Tories – and it isn’t him

At a chaotic conference, Suella Braverman wasn’t just preparing for a general election, but a leadership battle, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Labour and the SNP take to campaign trail in final attempt to win votes

WITH less than 24 hours before the polls open in the constituency, both Labour and the SNP took to the campaign trail on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Woman claims Met officer raped her in tearful police interview shown to jury

Rupert Edwards denies raping two women in 11 days after meeting them in bars while off duty, his trial has heard

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak packages U-turns as challenges to consensus politics – an improbable effort to rebrand as the candidate for change

The party conference speech is traditionally an important moment for political leaders. It enables them to set the agenda, rally the core membership and supporters around key themes, and speak to the wider audience of electors.

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The Independent UK

Five of the strangest moments from the Tory Conference

From Braverman standing on a dog’s tail to Toploader

The Guardian - UK

I went to my first political party conference this week – and have zero regrets

Get your face printed on a coffee, a tea towel depicting varieties of cheese and take part in puzzle-solving competitions! Every bit of this experience was unexpected, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Key takeaways from Rishi Sunak’s 7,500-word Tory conference speech

PM dresses up HS2 cancellation as fresh start as he attempts to portray himself as candidate for change

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak can be the candidate of change (if you ignore the last 13 years)

Every candidate for high office, from the freshest of faces to the grizzliest of incumbents, seeks to pitch themselves as the candidate of change. This hinges on a cursory understanding of human psychology. Life for a lot of people is tough and when it’s not, it’s tedious. Who the heck…

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Evening Standard

Your Conservative party conference cheat sheet

Dance-offs with Priti Patel and Nigel Farage, Liz Truss back from oblivion, Rishi on a cancelling plans spree — Robbie Griffiths reports from the Tory gathering in Manchester

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor: I won’t quit Tories despite ‘agonising’ HS2 cut

Andy Street said he was still hopeful a private sector consortium could revive the idea of a high-speed rail line to Manchester.

The National (Scotland)

'Reckless': Independence supporters react to Sunak's Nicola Sturgeon jibe

RISHI Sunak has been condemned for making a jibe about Nicola Sturgeon during his speech at the Tory conference.

The Independent UK

Key moments of Sunak’s HS2-cutting, ‘beauty pageant’ of a Tory conference

The Prime Minister struggled to keep his own party under control amid bleak prospects for a general election.

The Independent UK

‘Seismic’ by-election victory could launch Labour to Number 10, says Sarwar

The Rutherglen and Hamilton West vote takes place on Thursday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rishi Sunak will struggle to be the candidate of change

Every candidate for high office, from the freshest of faces to grizzled incumbents, hopes to pitch themselves as the candidate of change. Rishi Sunak is no different. To that end, the Prime Minister used his Conservative Party Conference speech to declare himself the man to “fundamentally change our country”.

The Guardian - UK

Our panel’s verdict on Rishi Sunak’s speech to the Tory party conference

The prime minister has presented himself as the change candidate – will the British public buy it?

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