Gary Gibbon
Conservative and DUP deal: looking weak and wobbly?
Lots has gone wrong in a negotiation which started with the promising omens of two party leaders very well-disposed to the whole idea.
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Fire forces delay in Conservative/DUP deal
The west London fire has had an effect in Westminster, causing a delay in the announcement of a deal between the Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. And that could mean the Queen’s Speech to open the new parliament is put back by more than a week.
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Lord Heseltine: ‘Brexit is the cancer gnawing away at the heart of the Tory Party’
Former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine on the issue that he believes is dividing the Conservative party.
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Scottish Conservatives leader says she will push for ‘Open Brexit’
The leader of resurgent Scottish Conservatives – Ruth Davidson has said she won’t be breaking away from the main UK party. There were suggestions that the Scottish Tories, who won an additional 12 seats and fought their campaign with a rather different tone might want to move their branch of the party away from English…
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Conservatives begin talks with DUP over alliance
The government Chief Whip Gavin Williamson has been in Belfast for talks with the Democratic Unionist Party. The DUP has been at the centre of attention since winning 10 of Northern Ireland’s 18 seats and finding itself the party of choice to help the Conservatives. Many are questioning what any such alliance could mean given…
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Chaos in the Conservative’s tax plans?
Conservative tax plans are in complete chaos, according to the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – after Theresa May failed to back up comments by one of her senior ministers. Michael Fallon said that voting Conservative was the only way to ensure income tax wouldn’t rise. But Mrs May would only say it was the party’s…
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Conservative election expenses in South Thanet
In South Thanet the election campaign has been overshadowed by the charges facing Conservative candidate Craig Mackinlay – for alleged overspending during the 2015 election campaign. This followed a year long investigation by this programme into Conservative party spending in the last election. Mr Mackinlay insisted he had done nothing wrong, calling the charges unfounded.…
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Gary Gibbon
How each party will alter benefits spending on each generation
How much The Resolution Foundation came up with the following graphs to show how the three main UK parties are altering the graph lines on inter-generational benefits distribution.
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FactCheck Q&A: Which party has a better track record on the economy?
Who has the better record on managing the economy: Labour or the Conservatives?
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Mark Reckless quits Ukip to join Conservatives
To lose its only MP might look like misfortune – to lose an Assembly member too looks rather like chaos. Ukip has been plunged into yet more turmoil today as Welsh AM Mark Reckless announced he was leaving the party – and would be sitting with the Conservative group instead.
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David Cameron questioned on Conservative breaches of election law
“What personal responsibility do you take, given that election was run by two men you gave peerages to and empowered to run that election?”
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Conservatives fined £70,000 over expenses by election watchdog
The Conservative Party has been fined a record £70,000 and its former treasurer reported to the police following a report by the Electoral Commission into its election expenses.
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Tory whistleblowers accuse Conservatives of ‘huge betrayal’ of electorate over expenses
Two members of a Conservative campaigning “hit squad” in the 2015 election tell Channel 4 News the party “cheated” by not properly declaring its election spending.
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High Court challenge over Conservative election expenses
The Electoral Commission is taking the Conservative Party to the High Court in an effort to force it to disclose information related to claims it has breached election spending rules.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron will have to form a coalition – with his own party
Abuse, personal attacks and mockery – the Leave and Remain wings of the Tory party aren’t pulling any punches, but will David Cameron be able to reunite his party after the referendum?
