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Conservatives pledge to remove £100,000 childcare threshold
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the £100,000 childcare “cliff edge”, saying people should not be penalised for working harder.
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Badenoch expected to reaffirm Conservative principles at party conference
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to use the party’s annual conference to reaffirm its core principles and seek to restore the Conservativ...
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Tories pledge 50,000 new prison places to prevent early releases
The Conservative Party has pledged to create 50,000 additional prison places, saying the plan would help prevent prisoners from being released early a...
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Conservatives prepare for possible early election ahead of party conference
The Conservative Party is placing the economy and welfare at the centre of its preparations as leader Kemi Badenoch tells her team to be ready for a p...
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Conservatives pledge new Universal Credit work rules for under-25s
The Conservatives have pledged to introduce new work requirements for people under 25 who claim Universal Credit, describing the approach as “tough lo...
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Tories propose restricting benefit spending on alcohol and cigarettes
Tory proposals would prevent long-term unemployed people from using benefits to buy alcohol and cigarettes, while also reducing payments for some peop...
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Burnham calls football stadium alcohol ban discriminatory as PM backs review
Burnham has described the long-standing ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stadium stands as discriminatory. The prime minister opposes the law,...
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Burnham welcomes Greenland agreement ahead of expected Trump meeting
Burnham has praised an agreement involving Greenland ahead of an expected first meeting with Donald Trump, while Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey dism...
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Tugendhat expected to replace Patel as shadow foreign secretary
Kemi Badenoch is expected to reshuffle her front bench, with Tugendhat set to replace Patel as shadow foreign secretary following a series of high-pro...
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Tom Tugendhat tells Trump not to be ‘silly’ over Falklands and Irish unity
Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat has criticised recent comments by US President Donald Trump concerning the Falkland Islands and Irish unity, sa...
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Badenoch to challenge government over Wandsworth Council’s 94% tax rise
A dispute has intensified over Wandsworth Council’s decision to increase tax by 94%, with the Tory-run authority blaming cuts to government funding. B...
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Trump orders Smithsonian warnings over 'inaccurate' US history
BBC News reports that Donald Trump has ordered the Smithsonian to display warnings about what he describes as inaccurate US history, amid repeated acc...
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Labour and Conservatives sharpen divide as Reform polling falls
Labour and the Conservatives are being portrayed as returning to a more familiar political contest while Reform slips back in polling and receives a s...
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Badenoch denies Tory housing benefit cuts would cause homelessness
The Conservatives say £4bn could be cut from the housing benefit bill to help fund higher defence spending, while Badenoch has denied the plan would l...
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AfD projected to win more than 44% in eastern German state
Germany’s far-right AfD is projected to secure more than 44% of the vote in an eastern state, well ahead of the conservative CDU on 18.4%.
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No 10 says UK support for Falkland Islands is ‘unwavering’
Downing Street has said the UK’s support for the Falkland Islands remains “unwavering” after Argentina’s president Javier Milei said the “winds of cha...
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Badenoch criticises Burnham over defence spending timetable
Andy Burnham has said he would commit to meeting Nato’s 3.5% defence spending target by 2035, while not committing to 3% by 2030. Badenoch has accused...
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Burnham-Badenoch exchanges highlight challenge over political tone
Burnham’s exchanges with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs moved into familiar political sparring, highlighting the difficulty of delivering a different style of...