2 h. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of cuts to public spending with welfare bill slashed

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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5 h. ago Tories pledge to make £47bn of savings with major cut to welfare

Shadow chancellor set to announce raft of cuts across welfare and foreign aid

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12 h. 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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13 h. ago Tory conference 2025 live: Under pressure Badenoch takes stage for first conference speech as leader

Conservative leader set to announce series of hardline policies including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

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14 h. ago Tory conference 2025 live: Badenoch donor defects to Farage’s Reform ahead of her conference speech

Conservative leader set to announce series of hardline policies on first day of party conference including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

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16 h. ago UK politics live: Badenoch claims deportation plan is credible – but can’t say where 150,000 migrants a year will go

Tory leader calls question ‘irrelevant’ as she is set to announce series of hardline policies on first day of Conservative Party conference

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18 h. ago UK politics live: Badenoch to launch Tory conference with migrant ‘removals force’ pledge inspired by Trump’s ICE

Conservative leader expected to announce series of hardline policies on first day of party conference

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19 h. ago UK politics live: Police to get powers to restrict repeat protests – as Badenoch set for Tory Conference speech

Conservative leader expected to announce series of hardline policies including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

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40 h. ago Top London Tory defects to Reform and 'charismatic' Nigel Farage in blow to Kemi Badenoch on eve of party conference

London Assembly member Keith Prince says Reform ‘has a vision’ - while the Conservative party ‘is not the party I joined 49 years ago’

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64 h. ago Kemi Badenoch blasts Tory splitters 'who want to be a notch on Nigel Farage’s bed post'

Embattled Tory leader Kemi Badenoch sought to downplay the impact of a steady flow of defections from Conservative ranks to Nigel Farage's Reform party

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9 d. ago Will he? Won’t he? Do the King of the North’s antics remind you of anyone? | Marina Hyde

As Andy Burnham heads to Liverpool, think back to the Tory conferences of 2017 and 2018. We all know how that panned out“Whenever Westminster has gone into a moment,” Andy Burnham lamented in one of his many interviews this week, “I have somehow been drawn into it.” Yeah, we’re all trying to find the guy who did this. Why is this happening to Andy Burnham, this fevered speculation that Labour’s Iron Throne has his name on it, which is now causing cabinet ministers, the prime minister and maybe even the bond markets to overtly or covertly slag him off? “I think what we’ve got to do,” Andy thought in another interview, “is to stop the sense in Westminster at times that everything is in flux.” Counterpoint: the sense in Westminster is that everything is completely and utterly fluxed. The wider country is considerably less optimistic.Yet is Andy Burnham the answer? The Greater Manchester mayor would certainly appear to reckon so, having worked tirelessly this week to give himself pre-ti...

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2 w. ago Maria Caulfield defects to Reform as Nigel Farage claims another former Tory minister

Pressure on Kemi Badenoch as ex-Conservative MP becomes the latest to join Farage’s party

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2 w. ago Former Tory minister defects to Reform in latest blow for Kemi Badenoch

It comes just a day after Tory MP Danny Kruger also made the leap to Reform

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2 w. ago Who are the other potential Tory defectors to Reform UK? Other top Conservatives are tipped to join Nigel Farage's party following Danny Kruger's switch

Reform leader Nigel Farage said Danny Kruger would head up his party's efforts to prepare for Government.

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2 w. ago Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live

Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emergeNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'More Tories to defect' to Farage's Reform

Nigel Farage unveiled Danny Kruger as his latest recruit at a bullish press conference in Westminster - with the MP saying the Conservatives are 'over'.

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2 w. ago So who's next, Nigel? 'Panicking' Tories fear more defections after shadow minister Danny Kruger jumps ship to Farage's Reform

The East Wiltshire MP, the son of Bake Off host Prue Leith , was unveiled by Mr Farage in London this morning.

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2 w. ago Tory shadow minister Danny Kruger DEFECTS to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying that the Conservatives are 'over' as a party

Tory MP Danny Kruger has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK saying the Conservative Party 'is over' as a party and the opposition.

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2 w. ago Conservative MP Danny Kruger says party is ‘over’ as he defects to Reform – UK politics live

Nigel Farage announces defection of MP for East Wiltshire and puts him in charge of preparing party for governmentNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch in full: Danny Kruger speaks after defecting to Reform UK from Conservatives

Nigel Farage announced that Conservative MP Danny Kruger defected to Reform UK on Monday, 15 September.

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