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‘Many in my party have had enough’, Tory MP says
We spoke to Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker.
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‘Minimum unit pricing will be the next natural step’, says Tory chair of all-party alcohol harm group
We spoke to the Conservative MP Christian Wakeford, who’s chair of the all-party group on alcohol harm.
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The fallout from that Downing Street ‘Christmas Party’
Political Editor Gary Gibbon is seemingly more in the know than Boris Johnson himself, and he gives us a rundown on the backlash and explains why it’s angered both the public and the Conservative Party so much.
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Downing Street party row: PM should consider his position if found to have misled MPs, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale and started by asking if he believed there was a Christmas party last year at 10 Downing Street.
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‘Something clearly happened’, Tory MP says of alleged No 10 party
The Metropolitan Police have said they will not investigate allegations of a party at Downing Street last Christmas due to what they called “an absence of evidence”, and a policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of the rules.
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Are Tories still party of business?
Can the Conservative Party still say it is the party of business? In his speech today, the prime minister promised to tackle the “long-term structural problems of the British economy” and create one with higher wages and higher skills. But just outside the conference hall in and around Manchester, how do small business owners feel…
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Conservative tax hikes ‘disproportionately put on business‘, says economics editor
We spoke to Sebastian Payne, who is Whitehall editor for the Financial Times, and Kate Andrews, who is the economics editor for The Spectator.
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FactCheck: Some Conservatives did defend fans who booed England
A number of Conservative MPs, including several ministers, did defend fans who booed England players for “taking the knee” before their Euro 2020 matches.
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FactCheck: Sunak claims Conservatives lowered income inequality before pandemic
The ONS says income inequality reached a 10-year high in the year before the crisis.
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‘Conservative and Labour parties aren’t for green recovery’, says Green MP Caroline Lucas
We have been speaking to the former Green Party leader, Brighton MP Caroline Lucas, and put it to her that we have been talking about the Greens breaking through into British politics for a long time, so why is that yet to happen?
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We hear from the Welsh party leaders ahead of next week’s national election
The elections are being held in the midst of a Covid pandemic, which has transformed the dynamic of the campaign.
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#NextLeaderofScotland debate: Scotland’s 5 main party leaders
The leaders of the five main parties in Scotland debate ahead of next week’s crucial election.
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Exclusive: Poll shows Conservative lead in ‘Red Wall’ seats
The Conservatives have staged a turnaround in “Red Wall” constituencies, according to exclusive polling carried out for Channel 4 News.
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Investigation claims PPE contracts went to companies with links to Tory party
In the desperate scramble to acquire scarce supplies of PPE, ventilators and Covid testing kits during the first wave of the pandemic – the government handed out hundreds of contracts worth billions of pounds.
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FactCheck: Conservative London mayoral candidate’s misleading tax claim
Shaun Bailey says Sadiq Khan wants to raise mayoral council tax by 21 per cent.