The Latest Breaking News from the Conservative Party

Fact check: Current GDP growth is lower than during 2010-2024

GDP growth has sped up since 2023, but remains sluggish compared with most of the last 15 years.

Evening Standard · Sep 25

Badenoch ‘instructs lawyers’ to fight government over Wandsworth’s 94% council tax rise

The Conservative Party leader has blamed a ‘40 per cent cut’ from central government for the huge tax hike

The Independent UK · Sep 17

Wandsworth council tax row: Kemi Badenoch instructs lawyers to challenge cuts to Tory-run London council

‘I think it is outrageous that Wandsworth Council is having to put up council tax. But they’re not doing it because they want to’ - Kemi Badenoch

Evening Standard · Sep 17

Conservative-Reform UK Rift Deepens as Robert Jenrick Attacks Kemi Badenoch Over Giorgia Meloni Row

Robert Jenrick accuses Kemi Badenoch of lying about her meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, intensifying tensions between the Conservative Party and Reform UK.

International Business Times UK · Aug 26

Kemi Badenoch rules out deals with Reform as she blasts ‘dishonest’ defectors

The Tory leader some those who had left her party for Reform UK were ‘some of the most dishonest people’ she has met.

Evening Standard · Aug 22

Ex neo-Nazi Tory adviser in fresh row over Home Office training claims

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who will become an adviser to Kemi Badenoch after withdrawing his candidacy for a council election, says he holds Home Office ‘certification’ for counter-extremism work

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Kemi Badenoch under fire for appointing former antisemite as adviser

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed in 2016 after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment.

Evening Standard · Aug 5

Former neo-Nazi quits as Tory candidate to instead become party adviser

A FORMER neo-Nazi who was selected to stand for the Conservative Party has withdrawn his candidacy despite winning support from party leader Kemi…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 5

Ex-Neo Nazi withdraws as Tory council candidate after outrage over selection

Joshua Bonehill-Paine targeted ex-Labour MP Luciana Berger with antisemitic abuse and was convicted of racially harassing her

Evening Standard · Aug 5

Jewish leaders refuse to meet with former neo-Nazi Tory candidate

Jewish leaders, including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council , have declined an offer to meet Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former antisemitic internet troll selected as a Conservative council candidate for Crewkerne South ward in Somerset . Bonehill-Paine was previously jailed in 2016 for racially…

The Independent UK · Aug 5