5 h. ago Conservative leader wins Canada byelection, regaining parliament seat

Pierre Poilievre returns to House of Commons after shock April loss and narrower margin in Tory strongholdCanada’s Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, has won a closely watched byelection in the province of Alberta, giving him a chance to return to parliament after suffering a shock defeat in April’s federal election.Poilievre finished with 80.4% of the vote after Monday’s election in the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, in the deeply Conservative western province. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Conservative leader runs for safe seat in parliament after Canada election defeat

Pierre Poilievre has chance of winning House of Commons seat after losing riding he had held for more than 20 yearsCanada’s federal conservative leader will have a second chance of winning a seat in parliament when residents of a rural Alberta district cast their ballots in a closely watched byelection on Monday.Pierre Poilievre’s bid to take the safe seat of Battle River-Crowfoot comes four months after the Conservatives’ defeat in April’s federal election, in which the party leader lost the riding he had held for more than 20 years. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Boris Johnson strips off for 'great day' taking a dip at the beach with Carrie and family

Prime Minister Boris Johnson donned his beachwear as his sunned himself in Greece with his wife Carrie and his children, as the ex-Conservative leader treated himself on his holiday

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6 d. ago JD Vance to meet Reform’s Nigel Farage after talks with Tory MP Robert Jenrick

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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7 d. ago JD Vance has met Jenrick on Cotswolds visit but not expected to see Badenoch

Conservative spokesperson says scheduling meeting of US vice-president and party leader had been difficultJD Vance has met Robert Jenrick during his holiday in the Cotswolds but is not expected to see the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch.Jenrick held an hour-long one-on-one meeting with the US vice-president on Tuesday evening, according to a source close to the shadow justice secretary. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago JD Vance to meet Farage and Tory deputy leader Jenrick during Cotswolds visit

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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7 d. ago JD Vance to meet Tory MP Robert Jenrick and Reform’s Nigel Farage on UK visit

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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7 d. ago Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem

The leader of the Conservative Party ought to be addressing the issue of how to prevent more small boats from arriving in the UK, instead of talking vaguely of ‘camps’, says John Rentoul

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7 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival should be run by City Hall, Conservative leader says amid safety fears

Fears have grown of a disaster at the event due to overcrowding and rising crime

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8 d. ago Demand for UK General Election hits 640k as pressure on Keir Starmer mounts

The initial election petition failed to spark another national poll but provided ammunition for Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to mock the PM during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons.

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8 d. ago Badenoch suggests migrants held in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned that some communities ‘don’t feel safe’ during a visit to Epping in Essex.

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1 week ago Australian lawmaker convicted of rape quits moments before vote to expel him from Parliament

An Australian state lawmaker and convicted rapist has resigned from his seat as colleagues were readying a vote to expel him from Parliament

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2 w. ago Truss ‘carries quite a lot of blame’ for Tory record, Badenoch claims

Current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said she was ‘very focused on what the Conservatives are doing now’.

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2 w. ago Liz Truss accuses Kemi Badenoch of not telling the truth about Tory failures as former PM hits back at Conservative leader over her mini

The former prime minister said she believes the Tory Party will be in 'serious trouble' unless it starts to admit failures over the economy and human rights during its last spell in government.

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