Conservative Party

Life Got Worse Under The Tories, But Johnson Will Sort Brexit Logjam, Undecided Voters Say

Focus group thinks PM is a 'scruffy clown', but doesn't believe he would sell off NHS to Trump... and doesn't like Corbyn's four-day week.
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Parents More Likely To Vote Labour Than Tory At General Election, Poll Suggests

Exclusive: Deltapoll survey for the National Education Union suggests parents see the NHS as the most important issue in December 12 snap election.
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Tory Members Suspended Over Alleged Islamophobic And Racist Social Media Posts

Shadow Equalities Minister Naz Shah said: 'The Conservative Party is rife with Islamophobia, racism and bigotry from top to bottom.'
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Is This The End For Labour Moderates?

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson’s resignation rocked the party as the snap election campaign began in earnest. But it only distracted attention away from the Tories’ own terrible start. One of Watson’s old allies in team Gordon Brown, Labour peer Lord Stewart Wood, and Tory ex-special advisor Laura Round join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to share their thoughts on a stuttering snap election start for the big parties.
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Brexit: An Explainer Three Years In

It’s been three years since the UK voted to leave Europe. As the EU delay their decision on how long the next extension should be until after Boris Johnson’s demand to have a snap general election is resolved in Parliament, take a look at Brexit’s tortuous journey to this point from the referendum vote in 2016.
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Will An Election Before Brexit Help Labour, The Tories, Or Neither?

Disclaimer: We recorded this just a couple of hours before Boris Johnson Boris Johnson called for a December 12 snap election - but still contains loads of great chat about whether a Christmas snap poll is a good idea for the Tories and Labour!MPs have backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but refused to allow it go through the Commons in time for October 31 deadline agreed with the EU. Time for an election then? The PM wants one, but who will it favour?Arj Singh and Rachel Wearmouth are joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami and Anand Menon, director of the UK In A Changing Europe think-tank, to talk over another dramatic week in Westminster.
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British Aid Is Transforming Girls' Lives Across The World. But There's More We Can Do

My two daughters have grown up with the same freedoms and opportunities as their male cousins. We must aspire for that to be every girl’s reality, writes Alok Sharma
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Boris Johnson Walks A Brexit Tightrope

Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and Brexit expert Jill Rutter, of the UK In A Changing Europe join Arj and Paul to discuss the week in Westminster, as Boris Johnson finds himself stuck on the rocks of a Brexit deal.But with MPs’ course set for an election, will the Conservative pitch a no-deal Brexit to voters? And will Extinction Rebellion’s protests make a difference in a snap poll?
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Britain’s Housing Crisis Is Real. So Why Were The Tories Silent At Their Conference?

The solutions to the crisis are clear but the government doesn't seem interested, writes Shelter's Polly Neate
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Rees-Mogg Accuses Manchester Venue Of 'Political Spite' For Cancelling Hard Brexit Event

Commons leader says the Conservative conference fringe event was cancelled by "malevolent lefties" at the Mechanics Institute - the birthplace of the TUC.
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