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Why stamp duty is the worst of all taxes, by Tory rising star
Katie Lam tells The i Paper she would offer Andy Burnham Tory backing to make sure Angela Rayner is defeated on watering down immigration rules
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Kemi needs to make voters like the Tory party again as at least they are taking on the issues worrying them
Kemi’s soaring LAST year the Conservatives went into their annual party conference with plotting rife and misery in the air — the gloom having failed to lift in the wake of 2024’s General Election hammering. That the mood this year is very different is down to the increasingly impressive Kemi…
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Cost of new-build homes set to be cut by £50k under proposed Tory plan to boost growth
PRICES of new-build homes will be slashed by up to £50,000 through a proposed Tory war on red tape. Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith is vowing a blitz on bureaucracy and Net Zero regulations to halt low growth. Proposals also include backing a third Heathrow runway and scrapping a £1.5billion…
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Shadow chancellor to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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There’s room for laughs at Tory conference – but it’s still a long road to power
Kemi Badenoch is in Birmingham with Tory members for the next four days (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Nobody at this year’s Conservative Party Conference can have any doubt over where to find the real star of the show. After all, there are arrows around the main exhibition floor pointing them…
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I worked with rape victims in Kosovo — I don’t need a lecture on women’s safety from Labour, says Tory shadow minister
Exclusive: Shadow women and equalities secretary Joy Morrissey tells The Independent why she refuses to break the link between women’s safety and immigration
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Penny Mordaunt has finally been allowed on the Tory candidates list — but at what cost?
Political editor David Maddox looks at whether Dame Penny Mordaunt and Sir James Cleverly have really changed their principles as they seek to be candidates for Kemi Badenoch’s party – or are just being pragmatic to stay in the game
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Tory boss Kemi Badenoch reveals chilling death threat from ‘ex-IRA’ thug who targeted her family
KEMI Badenoch has revealed a man claiming to be a former IRA member threatened to kill her and even targeted members of her family. The Tory leader said the man recently pleaded guilty after sending a string of menacing messages. She told the BBC: “He was sending messages not just to me but also…
Badenoch says triple lock pension is ‘right policy’ as new Tory blueprint announced
Kemi Badenoch has defended the triple lock pension as the “right policy” ahead of the Conservatives’ party conference this weekend. Badenoch said the triple lock, which is widely condemned as “unsustainable” across the political spectrum, ensured pensioners who had “contributed” were properly…
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Badenoch says Tory policy is to keep pension triple lock
The Conservative Party leader speaks to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg as the Tories launch their party conference in Birmingham.