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Steve Scalise mocked as his speaker dreams are outlasted by a head of lettuce

Mr Scalise joins former former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss in politicians whose careers were compared to the vegetable

The Independent UK

Doom-laden Hunt gives bleak verdict on UK economy as Bank of England chief warns of ‘tight’ interest decisions

The chancellor said the world is in ‘a very dangerous place’, adding that he is ‘focusing on resilience in the face of those shocks’

The Independent UK

Unruly by David Mitchell review – monarchs behaving badly

Sweary realism gives colour to these accounts of England’s most appalling kings and queens

The Guardian - UK

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Key points from a conference season of contrasts

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

The Independent UK

Labour’s policies show party is spoiling for a fight on green issues

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

The Guardian - UK

Glitter, a P45 and hecklers: the art of interrupting a conference speech

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

The Guardian - UK

Leading right-wing think tank hails Keir Starmer’s ‘positive vision’ for country

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,…

The National (Scotland)

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Keir Starmer: ‘We need to show the country that we are the change’

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

The Guardian - UK

Conservative Party conference explained: John Rentoul answers your questions

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

The Independent UK

UK bonds have hit a 25-year high – here's what that means for the economy

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…

The Conversation

OPINION - Partygate still matters: how the Tories made morality an issue

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…

Evening Standard

‘Like a boozy wake’: HS2 and infighting overshadow Tory conference

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

The Guardian - UK

Sunak sparks Tory civil war with scrapping of HS2 Manchester leg

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

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 Conversation

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.

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 Guardian - UK

What are bond yields and why are they at a 25-year high in UK?

Inflation expectations have pushed up government’s long-term cost of borrowing, which is expected to slow economy

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.

Evening Standard

Search for Liz Truss actor is on as ex-PM gathers new support

Will Gillian Anderson play Truss in a film?

The Guardian - UK

Bond market sell-off sends UK long-term borrowing cost to 25-year high

Rate tops level last seen after Liz Truss mini-budget as fears of global inflation and US political instability spook markets

The Guardian - UK

Tory conference unease grows over Sunak and Hunt’s lack of ambition

MPs express bafflement PM has resolved to do so little since ‘steadying ship’ after Truss’s disastrous tenure

The National (Scotland)

'Each other’s best friends': Rishi Sunak's wife introduces him to Tory conference

AKSHATA Murty, the Prime Minister’s wife, made a surprise address at Conservative Party Conference ahead of Rishi Sunak’s speech.

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