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Liberal Democrats target 'blue wall' Tory heartlands as Sir Ed Davey campaigns in Guildford
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said people should vote for his party if they want to "get rid of the Conservatives" in "traditional Tory heartlands" in England, as he launched a series of political campaigning visits to Tory seats...
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Sir Ed Davey says Rishi Sunak should call election on May 2 rather than 'clinging on to power'
The Liberal Democrats demanded that the Prime Minister should launch a general election for May rather than “clinging on to power”. Campaigning in Surrey, the Liberal Democrats demanded a general election on May 2 – Mr Sunak has the...
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Reform UK leader rules out pact with 'socialist' Tory party
Reform UK leader Richard Tice has ruled out entering into any electoral pacts with the Tories, calling them a 'socialist' party as he held a new year press conference.
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Reform UK rules out electoral pacts with Tories
Reform UK has rejected any suggestion it might stand aside to help Conservative candidates in the next general election, promising to stand in every seat in England, Scotland and Wales.
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Reform rules out Tory pact as Sunak faces pressure to call election
Reform rules out Tory pact as Sunak faces pressure to call election Reform UK has ruled out entering into any electoral pacts with the Tories as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came under fresh pressure from his political opponents to call a...
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Daily politics briefing: December 30
All the latest political news in the UK as Liz Truss’s long-awaited resignation honours list has been branded a “slap in the face to working people” by Labour and Lib Dems.
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Politics daily briefing: December 28
Daily politics briefing for December 28, as the Treasury's confirmation that the Budget will be delivered on March 6 fuelled speculation of a spring general election.
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Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street for the Christmas break
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street to travel to his home in North Yorkshire for the Christmas break.
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Andrew Bridgen leaves Reclaim Party
The MP for North West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen has left the Reclaim Party. Mr Bridgen said the move came because of a 'difference in the direction of the party'.
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Lee Rowley gives statement on long-term plan for housing - full speech
Housing minister Lee Rowley gives a statement in the Commons on the long-term plan for housing. He says the Government wants to build more homes "in the right places, more quickly, more beautifully and more sustainably."
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How a Reversal of Roe v. Wade Could Impact the Midterms
John Heilemann talks with Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, national political correspondents for the New York Times, political analysts for CNN, and authors of the newsmaking account of the 2020 election This Will Not Pass: Trump,...
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Daily politics briefing: December 18
All the latest political developments, as Parliament prepares for its Christmas recess.
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Mark Francois calls on the Government 'to pull the Rwanda Bill'
European Research Group (ERG) chair Mark Francois, and deputy chair David Jones, take questions from the media outside Portcullis House, Westminster, following the release of the 'Star Chamber' of lawyers for the ERG's assessment of...
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Politics daily briefing: December 8
Daily politics briefing for December 8, as the Home Office confirmed the Government has so far spent £240 million on its Rwanda policy, which has yet to see a single person deported to the country.
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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick quits after new Rwanda legislation unveiled
Rishi Sunak has been rocked by the resignation of his immigration minister after rejecting demands to opt out of European human rights laws to revive the Rwanda policy. Robert Jenrick told the Prime Minister on Wednesday that his new...
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Starmer: Labour must have obsession about economic growth to raise living standards
Sir Keir Starmer warns that a Labour administration will not be able to “turn on the spending taps” and the party must have an “obsession” with economic growth to raise living standards, as he addressed the Resolution Foundation...
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Sir Keir Starmer criticised for crediting Margaret Thatcher’s ‘sense of purpose’
Sir Keir Starmer was accused of trying to “ride on the coattails” of Margaret Thatcher’s success by praising the former prime minister while appealing to Tory voters. The Labour leader, in a move likely to annoy some on the left of his...
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Politics daily briefing: December 3
Daily politics briefing for December 3, as Sir Keir Starmer praised Margaret Thatcher in a Sunday Telegraph article for "letting loose" Britain's "natural entrepreneurialism", in a bid for Tory votes that may irk some on Labour's left wing.
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Ed Davey visits construction site of new GP surgery in Winchester
**** Contains mute audio**** Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey chats with Danny Chambers, the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidate for Winchester & Chandler's Ford and Councillor Martin Tod during a visit to Winchester,...
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Daily politics briefing: November 24
Daily politics briefing for November 24, as Rishi Sunak faces a Conservative revolt over record-high migrant figures.
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Starmer declines to say if a Labour government would match autumn statement spending plans
Sir Keir Starmer has said that the autumn statement reflected the “failure" of the Government. Speaking to reporters in Essex, the Labour leader declined to say if his party would match the Government's spending plans if it came to power.
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Where Rwanda judgment and inflation figures leave Rishi Sunak’s five priorities
New inflation figures and the Supreme Court judgment on Rwanda have brought mixed news for Rishi Sunak’s five priorities for 2023. The priorities have dominated the Prime Minister’s public appearances this year, after he promised in his...
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Daily politics briefing: November 16
Daily politics briefing for November 16, after the Government's Rwanda policy is blocked by the Supreme Court.
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Braverman fires parting broadside at Sunak after sacking
Suella Braverman has accused Rishi Sunak of “betrayal” over a promise to stop small boat crossings in an incendiary letter after being sacked as home secretary. In a broadside aimed at the Prime Minister, she accused him of having...