Tag: Tories
Laura Kuenssberg: Are Tories resigned to electoral fate under Rishi Sunak?
It's like a roll call of towns and areas where the Labour party hopes to win MPs at the general election. Add in the Lib Dems taking Dorset council, T [...]
Tories see big losses in last pre-general election test
Labour wins a by-election and string of councils from the Tories, who retain the Tees Valley mayoralty.
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Chris Mason: Bleak picture for Sunak as Tories take hit
Labour has discovered a knack of winning in the local elections where they need to win in a general election.
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Councillor, 18, overwhelmed to win seat from Tories
Daisy Creedon-Blakemore believes she is the youngest councillor in the country.
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Labour wins Blackpool South as Tories lose councils
The party won the parliamentary seat with a 7,607 majority and a huge 26% swing from the Conservatives.
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Labour ousts Tories in Blackpool South by-election
Labour supporters are celebrating a huge 26% swing from the Tories, heaping pressure on Rishi Sunak.
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Tories investigate ex-minister Alan Duncan over Israel comments
"If this is indeed their intention, I will probably be the only person ever to be reproached for upholding his party's policy and for defending the pr [...]
Labour will level up better than Tories – Starmer
Keir Starmer says his party would do a better job of reducing regional inequality across Britain.
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Jeremy Hunt: Tories will keep ‘triple lock’ on pensions
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says that the Conservatives would commit to keeping the so-called "triple lock" system for increasing state pensions if they wi [...]
Tories ‘don’t have race problem’, says transport secretary
The Conservative party "absolutely does not" have a problem with race, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg [...]
Tories do not have a problem with race – minister
Mark Harper says the party welcome members "whatever their race" as a row over comments by a donor continues.
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Labour to target Tories over National Insurance
Labour spies an electoral opportunity in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's "ambition" to scrap NI altogether.
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Anderson ‘made a big mistake’ leaving Tories for Reform
The home secretary says former Tory MP Lee Anderson previously claimed a vote for Reform was "not the answer" and would let in Labour.James Cleverly s [...]
Starmer: Tories ask to ‘pay more and more for less and less’
Labour leader Keir Starmer has used his budget response to accuse the Conservatives of losing control of the economy. The Tories' "inability" to gener [...]
Tories need a Budget bounce but can Hunt deliver?
The chancellor may resort to stealing Labour's plans on Wednesday to give Tories the tax cuts they crave.
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