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Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader – as it happened

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

As she delivers her budget, Rachel Reeves must not forget Labour’s historic mission

It is well within this government’s power to rebuild our welfare state, says John McDonnell, shadow chancellor from 2015 to 2020

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024

Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence

The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024

Boris Is Back With A Book But UK Tories Say He's History

An audacious raid on Dutch vaccines, a "manly pep talk" with Prince Harry and near-death from Covid -- excerpts from the memoir of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson are entertaining Britain's political class.

International Business Times · Sep 30, 2024

UK Conservatives Assemble To Find A New Leader And Future Direction

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

International Business Times · Sep 29, 2024

Enough of the ‘anti’ politics. We Conservatives need a bold new vision

As the Tories gather in Birmingham, a former minister argues that the party must become more inclusive, with a focus on aspiration

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024

Russell Findlay wins Scottish Conservative leadership election – as it happened

Russell Findlay, a former crime reporter, has been appointed as the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the most fractious period in the party’s history

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Sayeeda Warsi quits Conservatives over UK party’s lurch to ‘far right’

Former co-chair criticises party’s ‘hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities’.

Al Jazeera · Sep 27, 2024

Tories accused of ‘lying’ as defiant Baroness Warsi quits in racism row

Baroness Warsi has quit the Conservatives on the eve of their conference in Birmingham

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

OPINION - Civil servants must return to the office; working from home isn't working

It seems ministers are “quietly ignoring” the Conservatives’ rule that civil servants should be in the office three days a week. It’s not much to ask for a nice, safe job and pension provision that the rest of us can only hanker after. But nope. Labour, once the party of…

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024