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Video shows empty seats during key Conservative party conference speech

There were several empty seats at the Conservative Party's conference on Monday, 6 October, as Sir Mel Stride laid out the opposition's economic plans if they win the next election.

The Independent UK

Labour must prove it can be trusted on the economy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As Keir Starmer and his chancellor Rachel Reeves face a cabinet revolt over their ‘anti-aspirational’ polices, they must get the country’s finances in order – before voters turn on them for good

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Tory conference: history’s revenge on Conservatism

Editorial: Speeches from the conference floor reveal a party out of ideas. Its leadership team is mistaking slogans for policy and nostalgia for purpose

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Humiliation upon humiliation for the Melster in front of half-full Tory crowd

At conference where the stench of decay is overpowering, the shadow chancellor’s speech was an act of desperation

The Guardian - UK

It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number

The conference offers a flailing leader, Trumpite policies and rivals jockeying for position. It is comical, but also worrying, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Tories to ditch business rates for pubs and shops if they win election

Sir Mel Stride made the commitment as he addressed the Conservative Party conference

The Independent UK

Tories pledge to scrap business rates for shops and pubs

Sir Mel Stride made the commitment as he addressed the Conservative Party conference.

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Stride says Tories must ‘hold nerve’ amid polling slump

The shadow chancellor insisted the party could bounce back at the next election.

The Independent UK

Tories must ‘hold nerve’ amid dire polls, says Mel Stride as he makes big announcement on business rates

The shadow chancellor insisted the Conservative Party could bounce back at the next election

Evening Standard

Jenrick hits out at Truss’s ‘careless’ mini-Budget as he says Tory party must accept errors: Politics live

The shadow justice secretary said the party must be ‘honest’ about its mistakes to rebuild public trust

The Independent UK

Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries

Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut

The Guardian - UK

Nearly two thirds of Tory members want pact with Reform, poll suggests, with close to half supporting full merger – as it happened

Half of Tory members also want Kemi Badenoch to be replaced as Conservative leader

The Guardian - UK

Tory plans to further cut foreign aid would be ‘epic act of self-harm’ – expert

Bond chief executive Romilly Greenhill said she is ‘deeply concerned’ to hear the Conservatives plan to further cut aid.

Evening Standard

Tory party conference 2025: Mel Stride pledges £5,000 national insurance rebate for young homebuyers

Shadow chancellor will use his Tory conference speech to set plans to cut welfare spending, foreign aid and the Civil Service if his party wins the next election

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The Independent UK

Tories to pledge £5,000 tax break for young homebuyers

The shadow chancellor will set out a slew of cuts to welfare and foreign aid

Evening Standard

Tories to set out plans to cut £47bn from government spending

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride will unveil proposals at the Tory party conference.

The Independent UK

Mel Stride issues warning to Tory leadership plotters on eve of conference

The shadow chancellor has spoken to The Independent ahead of the Conservative conference in Manchester

The Independent UK

Conservatives to take UK out of European Convention of Human Rights if it wins election

The declaration was made ahead of the party’s upcoming conference in Manchester

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Evening Standard

Conservatives to take UK out of ECHR if it wins election, Badenoch announces

Shadow attorney general Baron Wolfson of Tredegar KC tells Tory leader ECHR restricts Government policy but warns withdrawal is not a ‘panacea’.

The Independent UK

Budget blow for Reeves as UK’s key economic forecast slashed

Exclusive: Budget watchdog is set to downgrade a key economic performance indicator for the UK in a move that could drive tax hikes – as chancellor tries to shift blame on to Tories

Evening Standard

Former Tory minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform UK

The fresh blow to Kemi Badenoch comes just a day after shadow minister Danny Kruger became the first sitting Conservative MP to join Reform.

International Business Times UK

Reeves Blocks Wealth Tax Plan: Defies Labour Hopeful, Gambles with Public Finance Chaos

Chancellor Rachel Reeves blocks wealth tax, defying Labour MPs, risking £50B fiscal chaos. Can she balance the Budget without breaking promises?

Evening Standard

Labour will ‘tax the living daylights out of your family’s future’, say Tories

Opening the Conservatives’ opposition day debate, Sir Mel insisted ‘nothing is safe from the tax man’ under Labour.

The Independent UK

Reeves accused of ‘punishing families’ with inheritance tax raid – that still ‘won’t fill Labour’s blackhole’

Former government economist Jonathan Portes told The Independent changes to inheritance tax would not raise enough to plug the UK’s multi-billion-pound fiscal shortfall

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves looking to tighten inheritance tax rules as Chancellor scrambles to fix UK's ailing finances

The Chancellor is examining whether to harden the rules on the gifting of money and assets ahead of the Autumn Budget

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