6 d. ago Developing Rosebank oil field ‘pure climate vandalism’, Scottish Green insists

Co-leader Gillian Mackay used her speech to the Scottish Green Party conference to hit out at plans to develop the oil field.

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6 d. ago Scottish MSP demands Britons who fought for Israel be tried for war crimes

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer made the plea in his speech to the party’s conference in Edinburgh.

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1 week ago SNP conference goers hear emotional speech in favour of assisted dying

Annemarie Williams spoke about her father’s final days in a fringe event at the conference in Aberdeen.

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1 week ago John Swinney to tackle 8am 'lottery' for GP appointments in SNP conference speech

EXCLUSIVE: The First Minister cited the issue in May and he will reveal further details of his plan in his speech in Aberdeen.

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1 week ago John Swinney 'stakes leadership' on delivering independence as he insists SNP will 'win big' in May

In a rousing speech, John Swinney told the SNP conference that “the need to achieve independence has never, ever been greater for Scotland”.

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2 w. ago Flynn: Starmer has pushed ‘broken’ Britain from ‘bad to worse’

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn will say Scotland needs a ‘fresh start’ with independence during his opening speech at the party’s conference.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch's masterstroke? ANDREW PIERCE on how the Tories could make a BIG comeback

Kemi Badenoch's barnstorming speech at party conference may have just turned the tide for the Conservative Party.

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2 w. ago Labour 'considers bringing back mansion tax' in Reeves's Budget that could mean ordinary homeowners paying thousands of pounds every year

Kemi Badenoch put property taxes firmly on the agenda with the bold stamp duty pledge in her conference speech yesterday.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch has put her stamp on the Tory leadership with big tax reveal – but will it be enough to save her?

After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

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2 w. ago 3 major areas Kemi Badenoch says she'll fix which Tories broke in first place

Kemi Badenoch used her Tory conference speech to claim the Conservatives are the ones who can fix the key issues facing Britain. She'll be furious to find out who's really to blame

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2 w. ago Even the Conservatives can't stop talking about Andy Burnham

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch made sure to mention the Greater Manchester mayor in her speech at the party's conference

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2 w. ago Badenoch vows to scrap stamp duty for primary homes in bid to free up housing market

Economists have welcomed the plans – but questions remain over how the party would pay for it

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2 w. ago Badenoch silences the Tory plotters as her 'bold' plan to ABOLISH stamp duty is hailed by Kirstie Allsopp and economists after barnstorming conference speech

Mrs Badenoch delivered a barnstorming rallying cry to Tories that culminated in a fresh pledge to ditch the hated purchase tax on family homes to revive the dream of ownership.

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2 w. ago Who is Kemi Badenoch's husband Hamish? Tory leader uses conference speech to thank 'Ham' as she tells party members she 'would not be standing here today' without him

In her keynote address to the Tory gathering in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch hailed the party as 'my family', adding this was 'in many ways quite literally'.

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2 w. ago Kemi's support hits new heights! Moment 7ft 2in student and 'tallest Conservative in Britain' chats to Tory leader after she delivered conference speech

Photos show 22-year-old James McAlpine congratulating the Tory leader after she delivered a barnstorming speech to close the Conservative conference in Manchester.

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap Stamp Duty as Tories desperately battle for attention

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch used her party conference speech to brazenly claim that the Tories were the only ones to undo the damage they inflicted in power

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch takes on Labour's trade union allies with call for a BAN on doctors' strikes and vow to save academy schools' freedoms

In her keynote speech to the Conservative conference in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch said NHS waiting lists were being kept high 'for far too long' by industrial action.

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2 w. ago Stamp duty, tractor tax and doctors’ strikes: Key takeaways from Badenoch’s Tory conference speech

The Independent looks at the key policies announced in Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech

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2 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Do you back abolishing stamp duty, as the Conservatives are proposing?

Kemi Badenoch announced today in her leaders' speech to party conference that a Conservative government would abolish stamp duty, . saying: 'Stamp duty is a bad tax'.

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2 w. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: If Kemi Badenoch is the answer the Tories are asking the wrong question

Kemi Badenoch's first Conservative Party conference speech shows she "has the authority of a stressed supply teacher and credibility of a shady used car dealer", writes Kevin Maguire

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