Tory culture warriors at conference battle for the soul of the party Party members, who have strong views on issues such as free speech, are trying to reshape Conservative ideology in their own image The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022
India-U.K. free trade pact may miss October deadline Officials appear to shy away from Diwali deadline to conclude FTA negotiations The Hindu · Oct 7, 2022
The Tories are being reborn as a neo-nasty party Letters: Austen Lynch says the Conservatives are pursuing gain at the expense of the humane, and Jennifer Basannavar decries the home secretary’s dream of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022
‘Winding up the other side’: leftwing designers CGI-bomb Tory speeches Group posted video of Kwarteng in front of TV clips about the falling pound, then went for Truss and Braverman The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022
Action initiated on all cases, India counters U.K. Home Secretary Braverman claim on visa overstayers The Indian High Commission here said that India awaits “demonstrable progress” on certain commitments undertaken by the U.K. government under the MMP The Hindu · Oct 7, 2022
U.K. Home Secretary links FTA to concerns over immigration Suella Braverman’s comments come just two days after Secretary for International Trade Kemi Badernoch also lowered expectations on the agreement; sources say Prime Minister Modi’s visit to London is being planned for October-end The Hindu · Oct 6, 2022
‘Transphobic narratives fuelling hate’, charity claims, as recorded crimes soar Hate crimes motivated by transgender identity rose by 56% in a year, according to police figures. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
‘Transphobic narratives from politicians fuelling hate’ as recorded crimes soar Home Office figures show that police-recorded hate crimes motivated by transgender identity have risen by 56% in a year. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Home Secretary has ‘reservations’ over relaxing immigration for India trade deal The UK is currently negotiating a trade agreement with India The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Tory party 'tearing themselves to pieces' in 'world's biggest pantomime' The Conservative party annual conference saw ministers turning on one another as new Prime Minister Liz Truss 'p***** off' her party and the country rumbled through crisis after crisis Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022
Suella Braverman speaks out against likely UK trade deal with India New home secretary objects to increasing visas for Indians and critiques predecessor’s attempt to return overstayers The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Inside my most chaotic Tory conference ever - as members fear election defeat 'Every extra day my colleagues spend in this government, they’re more trapped in the nightmare,' said one MP as infighting gripped the Tory conference in Birmingham. Here's the view from inside Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022
Braverman asylum plan may breach refugee convention, says UNHCR Home secretary reportedly planning to ban anyone who enters UK via irregular routes claiming refuge The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
‘Coup’, chaos and conflict: What we have learned from the Tory conference Liz Truss’s first Conservative get-together as Prime Minister was not the jamboree she had hoped for. The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Truss in move to restore discipline after fractious Tory conference Allies of Liz Truss said collective responsibility would be enforced in Cabinet following a series of incidents at the party conference.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 Think Priti Patel was bad? Suella Braverman wants to make claiming asylum near-impossible The home secretary’s chilling rhetoric lays the ground for the harshest immigration environment yet, says writer and academic Maya Goodfellow
Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022 Universal Credit claimants who already have a job 'should be working', top Tory moans In eyebrow-raising claims, Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, said people who 'should be working' instead 'choose to top up their salaries with tax credits'
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Labour urges Suella Braverman to ramp up asylum seeker deportations Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says low level of deportations is a ‘problem’
Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022 James Cleverly hits out at fellow ministers as Tory civil war rages on Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has hit out at fellow ministers for taking a personal stance on Government policy as the Tory civil war raged on.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Voters must take Liz Truss’s ‘bitter-tasting medicine’ on economy, says foreign secretary Terrible Tory poll numbers are ‘necessary blip’ – but support will come back, says James Cleverly
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 Truss plans are ‘bitter-tasting medicine’ that will do UK good, says Cleverly Foreign secretary backs PM on economy and calls Conservatives trailing Labour in polls a ‘blip’
The National (Scotland) · Oct 5, 2022 'You can't appease racism:' Rachel Reeves criticised for asylum seeker stance SHADOW Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been heavily criticised for her response to a question about Suella Braverman's asylum policy plans.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 ‘Arghhhhhhhhh’: the 10 angriest Tories at Conservative conference Never have so many angry things been said by so many Tories about each other in a single day as on Monday. We rank the 10 most irate MPs
Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022 Liz Truss to boast of 'disruption' in make-or-break speech as MORE Cabinet splits emerge The Prime Minister will say 'disruption' is worth it to grow the economy in her first Tory conference speech as PM - as ex-PM Gordon Brown warned of a 'national uprising' and her Foreign Secretary slapped down her Home Secretary
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Suella Braverman sparks new government row after calling for UK to quit ECHR Home secretary slapped down for ‘personal views’ on European Convention on Human Rights