8 h. ago Badenoch urges business leaders to ‘get on the pitch’ and support Tories

No-one apart from the Conservatives is making the argument for businesses, party leader Kemi Badenoch claimed.

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29 h. ago Spending review: Reeves vows to ‘renew Britain’ with big rises for NHS, housing and defence

Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels, as she contrasts Labour investment with Tory austerityUK politics live – latest updatesSpending review 2025: key points at a glanceFive charts underpinning Rachel Reeves’s decisionsRachel Reeves has pledged to “renew Britain” with a spending review prioritising health, defence and more than £100bn for long-term capital projects, despite leaving some key areas facing a tough squeeze on funding.In a speech to the Commons setting out Labour’s priorities up to the next general election, the chancellor said her investment programme would be felt in all corners of the country, while decrying austerity as a “destructive choice”. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago PM picked ‘wrong Chancellor and wrong priorities’, claims Badenoch

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of appearing at the despatch box ‘all puffed up and self-righteous’.

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46 h. ago Spending Review: 'We'll make working people better off,' vows Reeves but fears grow that London will miss out

The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending

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4 d. ago 'I dialled wrong number and fell in love before unthinkable happened'

EXCLUSIVE: Alison Cork was planning to call her friend for a catch-up one Sunday when she accidentally dialled the wrong number - and the man who picked up went on to change her life

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6 d. ago Badenoch claims ECHR being used ‘to attack democratic decisions’ – UK politics live

Tory leader says rulings by European court of human rights are ‘damaging our security and prosperity’As Jessica Elgot and Amelia Gentleman report, Downing Street is exploring new proposals for a digital ID card to crack down on illegal migration, rogue landlords and exploitative work, set out in a policy paper authored by a centre-left thinktank.Steve Reed, the environment secretary, was the government voice on the media this morning and he confirmed that the government is interested in this idea. He told Times Radio:It’s absolutely something that we are looking at, and that we should be looking at.We know we need to look at all the actions we can take to stop the levels of illegal migration that we were seeing particularly under the last government. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Glasgow Warriors' task is even harder than proving billboard wrong

Warriors completed mission improbable in Limerick - now it’s off to Dublin

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage could 'definitely' become PM, says Dominic Cummings

The controversial former chief adviser to Boris Johnson confirmed he has held meetings with Mr Farage and advised the Reform UK leader on how to win power.

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2 w. ago Russia seizes on Badenoch’s claim Ukraine is fighting a ‘proxy war’ on behalf of Western Europe

Conservative leader also controversially said Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting a ‘proxy war on behalf of the UK’ in Gaza against Hamas

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2 w. ago Starmer’s criticism of Israel was met with ‘terrorist cheers’, claims Badenoch

The Conservative leader said the Prime Minister’s comments did not ‘send the right message’.

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2 w. ago A man relieving himself in a car park picked the wrong place for a wee

He didn't realise what he was stood next to

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last month Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’

Exclusive: Andrew Bowie calls climate scientists biased and says country should not be ‘hamstrung by arbitrary targets’The Conservative party’s energy spokesperson has attacked leading climate scientists as biased and claimed Kemi Badenoch could take the UK out of the Paris climate agreement.Andrew Bowie, the acting shadow secretary for energy, told the Guardian that the target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – passed into law by Theresa May – was “arbitrary” and “not based on science”. Continue reading...

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last month Tory energy spokesman claims UN climate experts are ‘biased’

Exclusive: Andrew Bowie says Kemi Badenoch could pull UK out of Paris climate agreementThe Conservative party’s energy spokesperson has attacked leading climate scientists as biased and claimed Kemi Badenoch could take the UK out of the Paris climate agreement.Andrew Bowie, the acting shadow secretary for energy, told the Guardian that the target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – passed into law by Theresa May – was “arbitrary” and “not based on science”. Continue reading...

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