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The Latest Breaking News from the Conservative Party

The Conservative Party General Election manifesto at a glance

Here are some of the headline policies from the Tories

Evening Standard

UK economy flatlined in April in a blow to the governing Conservatives ahead of the July 4 election

The British economy failed to grow in April in a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has made the return of growth a central pillar of the Conservative Party’s election campaign

The Independent UK

Our reliable election forecast model predicts British Conservatives will lose big

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s election call for July 4 was a surprise. Since the government could stay in power another six months and have an election in early 2025, why did Sunak opt to go early?

The Conversation

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Rishi Sunak Faces Uphill Battle In UK Election

Rishi Sunak faces challenges as Britain's election nears, with Labour leading in polls.

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OPINION - The Standard View: Risk for Rishi Sunak is that voters have tuned out

More tax cuts — that is the message Rishi Sunak wants voters to take away as the Conservative Party launched its election manifesto today. The question is: are they still listening? Not least when the 2019 parliament saw the largest rise in the tax take of any parliament on record,…

Evening Standard

Who is Mel Stride - the unlikely poster boy of the Tory election campaign?

The Tory cabinet minister appeared on his fourth media round of the campaign on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard

Justice secretary’s fight to protect the European Convention on Human Rights in Sunak’s Tory manifesto

Exclusive: Recording reveals justice secretary Alex Chalk’s bid to stop the Tories ditching the European Convention on Human Rights

The Independent UK

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Lord Heseltine warns spiralling Tory party is ‘fighting for its life’ after disastrous D-Day fallout

Exclusive: Former deputy prime minister’s intervention comes as senior ministers are already engaging in a phantom leadership contest to replace Sunak

The Independent UK

From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory MP 'sets record straight' with damning attack on own party

THE Conservatives have “allowed discrimination, bullying, and unethical practices to fester” within the party, one of the party’s own former…

The National (Scotland)

Conservatives halt digital ad campaigns after daily spend plunged

The disappearance of social media advertising comes as Rishi Sunak faces heavy criticism for missing D-Day events

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak urged to give £5m from Tory donor at centre of racism row to veterans’ charity after D Day snub

Call from the Liberal Democrats comes after Frank Hester allegedly told colleagues that looking at veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all Black women’ and that she ‘should be shot’

The Independent UK

Labour urges Tories not to hand out leaflets it says Frank Hester has paid for

Rishi Sunak under pressure to give up money from party’s biggest donor after further allegations of racist behaviour

The Guardian - UK

New Frank Hester race claims pile pressure on Tories over £15m donations

Exclusive: Hester allegedly used term ‘token Muslim’, imitated people of Chinese descent and said a person was attractive for a black woman

The Guardian - UK

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The National (Scotland)

Tory candidate quits election race after 'lurid' online comments unearthed

A TORY General Election candidate has withdrawn from standing following the discovery of “wholly inappropriate” comments on a fitness website…

The National (Scotland)

Tories accept £5 million from donor who said Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

THE Conservative Party have accepted another £5 million from Frank Hester, the businessman accused of saying Labour’s Diane Abbott “should…

The Independent UK

Sunak kept quiet about £5m donation made by race row Tory donor Frank Hester this year

The prime minister accepted the donation in January, taking Frank Hester’s donations to the Conservative Party to a total of £16m since the 2019 election

The Independent UK

Rory Stewart warns Tories not to ‘chase Farage’ and accuses party of giving up on youth vote

The former One Nation Tory said the party has not recovered since the ‘chaos’ of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss

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The Conversation

Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy

Migration is a top issue for some voters and candidates in the UK’s general election. The last 14 years of Conservative policy have introduced restrictive policies on both legal and irregular migration. And yet, net migration stands at 685,000, a near historic high.

The Independent UK

Sunak was offered a deal to stop Farage and decided to reject it

Exclusive: A late bid was made to broker a deal between Sunak and Reform which could have saved scores of Tory MPs

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage vows to replace Tories – before having milkshake thrown on him

The Reform UK leader launched his bid for election on Clacton pier declaring ’a revolution to change British politics’ but was left stunned when a protester threw milkshake in his face

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage has milkshake thrown over him after launching general election campaign

The newly-crowned Reform UK leader kicked off his general election campaign in Clacton on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Reform leader Nigel Farage has milkshake thrown over him as he leaves pub in Clacton

Essex Police say a 23-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault