40 m. ago LBC caller asks Kemi Badenoch brutal question on live radio as she says 'I'm sorry'

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was confronted on live radio by a former Tory voter and LBC caller who hit out at the Conservatives' '14 years of betrayal'

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3 h. ago Martin Dowey to temporarily step aside as South Ayrshire Council leader after tape recording row hits top Tory

The Tory leader said he was temporarily stepping aside in order not to become a "distraction."

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6 h. ago Downing Street and Kemi Badenoch hit out at Kneecap over ‘dead Tory’ allegation

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster

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7 h. ago Thursday’s elections will be ‘tough’, PM admits as campaigning enters final week

The upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election will run alongside local elections and it is expected to be a tight contest between Labour and Reform UK.

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7 h. ago Starmer’s No 10 and Badenoch hit out at Kneecap over ‘dead Tory’ allegation

A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster.

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8 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says Kneecap should be prosecuted over ‘kill your MP’ comment

Footage from a concert allegedly showed a group member saying ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’

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9 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says firms should make trans staff use disabled toilets if they don't want to use loos assigned to birth gender in wake of court ruling

The Conservative Party leader said it would be an alternative to spending money on new separate facilities for trans people, after they were blocked from using those of the gender they identify with.

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10 h. ago Kemi Badenoch suggests transgender people use disabled toilets after Supreme Court ruling

Kemi Badenoch suggested transgender people can use disabled toilets after the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

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20 h. ago Tory councillors CAN form pacts with Reform at local elections, says Kemi Badenoch

Predictions circulating in Conservative Campaign HQ suggest that as much as 80 per cent of the 960 council seats the party gained four years ago will be wiped out in Thursday's local elections.

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20 h. ago Political parties enter final campaign push ahead of local elections

Voters will go to the polls in 23 council areas across England on Thursday May 1, and will choose a new MP in Runcorn and Helsby.

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33 h. ago Kemi Badenoch authority 'in tatters' after top Tory drops huge Reform coalition hint

Lord Ben Houchen, Mayor of Tees Valley, said there would be a 'conversation' at the next general election if there were enough Tory and Reform MPs to keep Labour out of power

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33 h. ago Gender ruling will not result in ‘toilet police’, senior minister says

The Supreme Court has declared that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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42 h. ago Sarah Vine (and dog Muffin) join a resurgent Kemi Badenoch as the Tory leader hits out at reform

SARAH VINE: After weeks of uncertain performances in the Commons, she skewered the Prime Minister on the question of the Supreme Court ruling on women, accusing him of 'moral cowardice'.

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43 h. ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour leader of 'selling out' British fishing rights to the EU in exchange for a new trade deal

The Prime Minister is close to agreeing a reset with the European Union which will allow British defence companies to bid for a new €150 billion defence fund.

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48 h. ago David Tennant wishes JK Rowling ‘no ill will’ but says we should ‘let people be’

On ITV1 show The Assembly, Tennant became emotional as he explained why he is an ally for the LGBT+ community.

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67 h. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch gets financial boost as video game tycoon donates £2million to Conservative Party

The money from Jeremy Elliott, who is better known as Jez San, will give a huge boost to Kemi Badenoch's leadership, just days before challenging local elections.

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says no deal with Reform as she brushes off ‘stitch ups’

The Tory leader said her job is ‘not to give the party away’.

Economics

3 d. ago Fact check: Reform UK’s council election claim, Pope Francis and St George’s Day

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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3 d. ago James Cleverly declines to rule out another shot at Tory leadership: 'I just say, never say never again'

He urged the Conservatives to stop ‘obsessing’ about Reform UK

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch: ‘I cannot tell you how much abuse and vilification has been put my way'

Kemi Badenoch believes she is the antidote to the existential crisis plaguing the Tories. But can she convince her party — and the country — she can be Prime Minister?

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