14 h. ago Tories' humiliating error as Kemi Badenoch can't even spell Britain properly

The Tory Party Conference isn't exactly going to plan so far...bars of chocolate handed out in goodie bags have got an unfortunate typo on them - they can't even spell Britain right

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14 h. ago Half of Tories think Kemi Badenoch should QUIT as leader before next election

A poll of Tory faithful by YouGov found just 46% think Kemi Badenoch should be Conservative leader when the country next goes to the polls and 50% think she shouldn't

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26 h. ago Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in powerI believe it is good practice as a columnist to keep track of when you have been wrong, and the thing I have got most emphatically wrong over the past few years is the Conservative party’s prospects. I was convinced that the party that still won elections despite the chaos and instability of Brexit, not to mention the calamities of austerity, could get away with anything. I even believed that if it lost power, as it did last year, the risk of a Tory restoration was still very high.What I did not foresee was the most successful political party in the democratic world, by some measures, coming so close to extinction this quickly. As the Tory party conference gets under way in Manchester, with rumours abounding over the weekend about diminished attendance, the polling increasingly suggests that Britain’s next general election will be a con...

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32 h. ago Tories to propose £47bn cuts as conference focuses on ‘economic responsibility’

The party is seeking to distance itself from Liz Truss’s ill-fated package of tax cuts in 2022.

Economics

59 h. ago Tories pledge UK version of ICE to detain and deport illegal immigrants

The Removals Force will be expected to ‘integrate closely’ with the police.

Events

5 d. ago Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation in favour of ‘cheap’ energy

Plans by the Conservatives to replace the Climate Change Act come as divisions over emissions-cutting measures widen.

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2 w. ago Ed Davey ‘not afraid of Nigel Farage’ and claims he is leader who can stop Reform’s march to power

Exclusive: Liberal Democrat accuses Labour leader Keir Starmer and the Tories Kemi Badenoch of trying to mimic Reform UK

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2 w. ago Tories facing ‘rough and bumpy time’, Badenoch concedes after defections

East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger, who had sat on Kemi Badenoch’s front bench as a shadow welfare minister, defected to Reform on Monday.

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