5 h. ago Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideasIt is a glittering annual dinner in honour of the Conservative party’s most successful leader and, on the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth, one that is bigger than ever.Yet as Tory grandees, celebrity backers and wealthy donors prepare to sit down at a gala dinner at London’s Guildhall on Monday evening, a battle for her legacy is under way between the party she once led and the insurgent threat to its survival, Reform UK. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Lawyers warn of death and rape threats after Reform and Tories' 'two

In an unprecedented intervention, six legal bodies, representing 250,000 lawyers, expressed “grave concern” over the language being used toward legal professionals

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3 d. ago The Tories are finally listening to young people like me again so I've quit Reform: SOPHIE CORCORAN

Last December, after months of soul-searching, I joined Reform UK. Like thousands of other young people, I was seduced by Nigel Farage's confident message of change.

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago 'Never wrestle with a pig': Kemi Badenoch launches farmyard attack on Nigel Farage as she warns Tories must fight clever against Reform

The Conservative leader said her party had to offer a better alternative to Reform and Labour rather than simply attacking them on their turf.

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4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch electrifies Tories with vow to ABOLISH stamp duty with cash raised by slashing benefits in  barnstorming first conference speech

Closing the Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch dropped the bombshell as she gave an impassioned response to fears the party is finished.

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4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch vows to ABOLISH stamp duty with cash raised by slashing benefits and spending

Kemi Badenoch is closing the conference in Manchester with a speech arguing that the country still needs the Conservatives .

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5 d. ago Stop asking me about Nigel Farage! Kemi Badenoch clashes with interviewer as she says Reform 'is not a party of the right' amid poll woe

Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch said she was 'not interested' in talking about her Reform counterpart and wanted to discuss THE Tories, in a blunt response to Sky News .

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5 d. ago Reform UK announces mass Tory defections as Kemi Badenoch says: 'We're shedding baggage'

Kemi Badenoch tries to brush off the string of defections, which were revealed while she conducted a series of broadcaster interviews on Tuesday

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5 d. ago Reform gloats over 20 Tory councillors defecting in humiliation for Kemi Badenoch on day three of conference

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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5 d. ago Tories having ‘good conference’, Badenoch says as more councillors join Reform

The Conservative leader said members were ‘thrilled’ with the policies put forward in Manchester.

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5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch insists Tories WON'T do a deal with Reform amid fresh councillor defections

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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5 d. ago Reform UK announces mass defections from Tories during Conservative Party Conference

Kemi Badenoch tries to brush off the string of defections, which were revealed while she conducted a series of broadcaster interviews on Tuesday

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5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch insists Tories WON'T ally with Reform as she says leading the party is a 'sacrifice'

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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6 d. ago Kemi Badenoch faces call to sack Tory shadow minister after he suggests Conservative–Reform election pact

Andrew Rosindell admitted his Romford seat would ‘almost certainly’ fall to Reform UK at an election

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6 d. ago Tories should work with Reform to defeat Labour, says shadow minister

Andrew Rosindell urged right-of-centre parties to ‘unite together’.

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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Electoral system means Lib Dems will ‘undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the coalition of voters Boris Johnson assembled in 2019 had all but broken up.

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7 d. ago Tory conference 2025 live: Badenoch admits Tories have ‘mountain to climb’ to beat Labour and Farage Reform

Conservative leader is announcing a series of hardline policies including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

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7 d. 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.

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