12 h. ago Britain's Daily Mail publisher enters exclusive talks to buy Telegraph Media Group for $654 million

The publisher of Britain's Daily Mail has entered exclusive talks to buy Telegraph Media Group in a deal that would link two news groups that have traditionally supported the right-leaning Conservative Party

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18 h. ago ‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti

He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’What I struggle to understand, I say to Danny Kruger in his office at Reform UK HQ, is why a serious Conservative, with a glittering future like yours, would defect to a party led by Nigel Farage? Indeed, the defection of Kruger, a heavy-weight on the Conservative right who served on the front bench and been tipped as a possible future leader, was seen as a major coup for Reform, catching commentators off-guard. Unlike previous deserters – Andrea Jenkyns, Jake Berry, Nadine Dorries – he was a sitting MP in a safe Tory seat. Plus, he was untarnished by the boisterous excesses of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.But we’ve been around the houses a few times on this. He’s talked about his philosophy (Burkean), his Christianity (evangelical), thrown out words like “family”, “community”, “nation”. ...

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38 h. ago Top Tory insists Boris Johnson can come back despite damning Covid findings

Michael Gove apologised on behalf of the Conservative Party for the shambolic response to the Covid pandemic, but said Boris Johnson's political career shouldn't be over as a result

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48 h. ago BBC Question Time audience applaud as guest skewers Tory MP for 'fobbing UK off'

During Thursday's Question Time, members of the audience in Loughborough, Leicestershire, asked Conservative MP Joe Robertson if he would apologise for the party's errors amid the Covid pandemic

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61 h. ago Plaid and Reform are offering you 'fantasy politics' which won't bring any 'meaningful change'

Two key figures from the Conservative party admit they didn't get it right but say they're a better option than their Senedd rivals

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66 h. ago British Jews turn to Greens and Reform UK as support for main parties drops

Study finds new party divide as backing for Labour and Conservatives plunges from 84% in 2020 to 58% in 2025A new party divide is emerging among British Jews, research has found, with support rising fast for the Greens – buoyed up by younger and “anti-Zionist” Jews – while older Orthodox men turn to Reform UK as trust in the two main parties “collapses”.Support for Labour and the Conservatives among British Jews had fallen to 58% by July 2025 from nearly 84% in 2020, according to a report from the Institute of Jewish Policy Research (JPR), which said it was “the lowest level we’ve ever recorded by some distance”. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far

In trying to woo hard-right voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU‘Not one vote for the left!” That call from Bruno Retailleau, chair of the mainstream conservative party Les Républicains (LR), helped a candidate allied with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) to sweep to victory in a byelection run-off against a socialist in southwest France last month after the centre-right candidate was eliminated in the first round.It was a clear sign that, despite frequent denials, the much-diminished heirs to Charles de Gaulle’s conservative movement are inching towards a controversial “union of the right” that could put Le Pen or her protege, Jordan Bardella, in the Élysée Palace in 2027.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Call for inquiry after families stripped of child benefit due to flawed travel data

Andrew Snowden MP says government ‘must immediate take action’ on failures of anti-fraud benefits crackdownCalls are being made for an urgent independent inquiry after thousands of families were stripped of child benefit due to flawed Home Office travel data that claimed to show parents going on holidays and not returning.Andrew Snowden, the Conservative MP for Fylde and the party’s assistant whip, said the government “must take immediate and transparent action” to address the failures of the anti-fraud benefits crackdown. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

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9 d. ago Man accused of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt says interest ‘only political’

Ex-councillor and professional sailor Edward Brandt is on trial at Southampton Crown Court.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer under pressure over future of Morgan McSweeney amid briefing row

Ministers and Labour MPs point finger at PM’s chief of staff over No 10 operation that targeted Wes StreetingUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer is facing intense pressure over the future of Morgan McSweeney after the prime minister’s chief of staff was blamed for No 10’s pushback against a possible leadership challenge.After Starmer dodged a question from Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions about whether he had full confidence in his key aide, Downing Street later clarified that he did. Continue reading...

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1 week ago No 10 says Starmer has confidence in Morgan McSweeney after PM condemns attacks on cabinet members – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson says he has confidence in his chief of staff after Starmer challenged over ‘toxic culture’ at Downing StreetThe No 10 briefing row is not the only story around this morning. Amy Sedghi is writing a live blog about the ongoing turmoil at the BBC and she has details of Donald Trump saying he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC.In a related development, Reform UK has pulled out of a BBC documentary about the party amid a row over the broadcaster’s editing of the Trump speech. Robyn Vintner has the story. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starmer says any attack on his cabinet is ‘completely unacceptable’ and adds Streeting is doing a great job – UK politics live

Kemi Badenoch probes Starmer over ‘toxic culture’ at Downing Street The No 10 briefing row is not the only story around this morning. Amy Sedghi is writing a live blog about the ongoing turmoil at the BBC and she has details of Donald Trump saying he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC.In a related development, Reform UK has pulled out of a BBC documentary about the party amid a row over the broadcaster’s editing of the Trump speech. Robyn Vintner has the story. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK Cabinet minister denies plotting to oust embattled leader Starmer

Britain's Health Secretary Wes Streeting has denied plotting to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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1 week ago BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders

Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bossesA BBC board member with links to the Conservative party “led the charge” in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza and transgender rights, the Guardian has been told.Sources said Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board during Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister, amplified the criticisms in key board meetings that preceded the shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Conservative party adamant 'we're not irrelevant' in Wales after thumping

The party say not only did they lose votes to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, but an unexpected other party

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1 week ago Tory donor Anthony Bamford’s company donates £200,000 to Reform UK

JCB to contribute equal amount to Conservative party

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1 week ago More than 200 Jewish staff accuse BBC of ignoring their calls for anti

Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch described it as a 'shameful failure of leadership' that the BBC had 'ignored complaints' of racism and bias.

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2 w. ago James Bond fantasist jailed for 7 years in UK for trying to spy for Russia

A British man who had aspirations of being James Bond has been jailed for seven years for trying to spy for what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high

Exclusive: Tory leader has plans to reinstate group that provided top donors with direct access to senior ministersKemi Badenoch is relaunching the Conservative party’s “advisory board” for high-value donors in a different guise, the Guardian has learned.The Tory leader has drawn up plans to reinstate the exclusive group, which provided top donors with regular direct access to senior ministers, according to two people briefed on the plans. Continue reading...

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