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Full list of 175 Tory MPs that lost their jobs in election bloodbath

Penny Mordaunt, Jacob Rees-Mogg and former prime minister Liz Truss were among the Tory big beasts who lost their seats

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Revealed: how Sunak dropped smoking ban amid lobbying from tobacco firms

Investigation details industry campaign including legal threats and charm offensive aimed at Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2024

The Dorries Inquiry? Call for probe into Boris book

Johnson loyalists have described revelations in The Plot as 'deeply troubling'

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2023

Ex Tory staffer cut off on live radio after refusing to answer questions

A FORMER Tory staffer was cut off on live radio as he refused to answer Nick Robinson’s questions about Sue Gray.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 3, 2023

‘Ludicrous!’ Labour scoff at claims Sue Gray appointment is a Boris Partygate stitch-up

The former senior civil servant has been appointed to Labour’s chief of staff

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Truss’ government on the brink as Tories agitate for her to go

LONDON — Liz Truss’ premiership looked close to imploding after she fired one minister over a security breach and two others were heard resigning amid the fallout from a chaotic parliamentary vote before agreeing to stay in their posts.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Tory leadership contenders urged to ignore ‘siren voices’ pushing them to ditch net zero promises

Exclusive: MPs and peers alarmed at sceptics’ push to dismantle policies aimed at tackling climate change

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022

Teach medieval history, not just Hitler and Henry VIII, says Tory MP

Alexander Stafford said there is a danger of ‘losing vast chunks of our history’, if more schools do not teach the history of the Middle Ages.

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2022

Brexit: Tory MPs urge government to scrap EU pesticide regulations and allow all US chemicals on food

MP-authored report says EU has taken food safety to ‘extremes’ and is too cautious

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022