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The PA news agency picks through the main issues from the 2023 party conference season.

Conference speeches indicate party is keen to take on Tories on environment and that climate is core to its electoral strategy

Protest at start of Keir Starmer’s address to Labour delegates follows long tradition of dissenters upstaging politicians

KEIR Starmer’s conference speech has been welcomed by one of the UK’s most influential right-wing think tanks for setting out a “serious,…

As a Labour party transformed by its leader in the last three years prepares for its conference in Liverpool, the man bidding to be the next PM remains adamant that big challenges still lie ahead

Our chief political correspondent John Rentoul answers your questions on HS2, the smoking ban and what’s next for the Conservatives following Rishi Sunak’s first keynote speech as party leader

It’s been more than a year since the UK economy was thrown into crisis after then-prime minister Liz Truss suggested making a wealth of unfunded tax cuts in her September 2022 mini-budget. But a recent bond market sell-off has now sent borrowing costs rocketing again, pushing the bond market even…

After 13 years of power and five prime ministers, the Conservatives increasingly appear to be held together by string. The consensus is that the party faces either significant decline or catastrophe at the next general election. Amid the talk of sleaze, incompetence and chaos, what is often missed about post-Covid…

Rishi Sunak’s hope to present his leadership as a clear change from his predecessors fails to win over a flagging party faithful

Tory leader’s attempt to portray himself as change candidate at party conference overshadowed by fierce criticism of U-turn