3 h. ago Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform

Dorries said "the Tory Party is dead"

Politics

4 h. ago NADINE DORRIES: How being raised in a Liverpool terrace made me a Conservative. And why I've made the agonising decision to leave and join Reform

My core beliefs are the same today as they were the day I joined the Conservatives back in 1995. It was the Conservative Party that had changed, not me.

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12 h. ago Tory donations fall despite video game entrepreneur’s £1m gift

Parties declared £11 million in support in the second quarter of the year.

Economics

28 h. ago Newsmax files suit against Fox News for using ‘exclusionary’ tactics to block competition

Antitrust lawsuit accuses the Murdoch-owned outlet of stifling competition in the rightwing TV news marketNewsmax, the conservative cable network run by Christopher Ruddy, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet of stifling competition in the rightwing television news market.The antitrust lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in the US district court for the southern district of Florida, names both Fox News Network and its parent company, Fox Corp. It claims the broadcaster carried out “an exclusionary scheme to increase and maintain its dominance in the market for US right-leaning pay TV news”. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News

The conservative news network Newsmax has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News

Economics

34 h. ago Starmer backs Rayner after she admits underpaying stamp duty on seaside flat

The Deputy Prime Minister has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards.

Politics

39 h. ago Kemi Badenoch ‘unlikely to win’ next election, says Liz Truss

The former prime minister declined to rule out a return to frontline UK politics and would not be drawn on whether she wanted to join Reform UK.

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42 h. ago They fantasized about a 'fortress of Christianity'. Now US expats in Russia reveal harrowing details of their new lives... and what they're forced to do

From Moscow suburbs to windswept Siberia, a trickle of westerners have arrived, waving Bibles and clutching dreams of raising their children in a fortress of Christian order.

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53 h. ago Tory whips urge MPs to turn up to party conference amid fears of no shows

Concerns over a lack of interest in Kemi Badenoch’s first conference as leader is said to be fuelling a push to make sure MPs attend

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56 h. ago Arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan over trans posts condemned

Conservative MPs described it as ‘ridiculous’ and accused the police of ‘arresting people for making jokes’.

Events

59 h. ago Tories call for suspension of Reform UK councillor over ice cream van inquiry

Former Leicestershire County Council deputy leader Joseph Boam, 22, is facing claims so-called ‘treating’ took place near a polling station.

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59 h. ago I have 100% confidence in Findlay despite defections, says Badenoch

The Scottish Conservatives have seen three high-profile MSP defections this year.

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3 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch slams Labour for treating oil and gas sector as a ‘relic of the past’

Badenoch will pledge to make North Sea oil and gas the ‘cornerstone’ of the economy

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3 d. ago Country should be ‘proud’ Angela Rayner is deputy PM, says Starmer amid flat row

The Prime Minister said it was a ‘mistake’ for people to brief against or talk down Ms Rayner.

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3 d. ago Badenoch insists she received Stanford offer after report cast doubt on claim

The Conservative Party leader previously said she was offered a place and partial scholarship to study medicine at the prestigious US university.

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3 d. ago ‘Significant’ staffing challenges may be barrier to funded childcare expansion

Low pay for early years staff is a key driver of recruitment and retention challenges, a report by the NFER has suggested.

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3 d. ago Most drivers want tougher rules on pavement parking – survey

London and Scotland are the only parts of the UK where pavement parking is banned.

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6 d. ago Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

Economics

6 d. ago Reform UK conference attracting more interest from lobbyists this year – survey

A survey for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations found 20% of lobbying firms plan to attend Reform UK’s annual conference this September.

Politics

7 d. ago Fox employee claims she was fired in retaliation for accusing boss of sexual assault in shocking lawsuit

‘Our client endured the unimaginable – she was the victim of sexual violence, harassment, and blatant retaliation from executives who sadly chose to shield abusers, rather than protect employees,’ the accuser’s lawyer told The Independent.

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