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Liz Truss calls on Chancellor to cut corporation tax as she opened fringe event in Manchester - Full speech
Full speech from former prime minister Liz Truss as she opened the Great British Growth Rally event at the Conservative Party Conference. Appearing on stage smiling and to loud applause, Ms Truss called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut...
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Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride's full Tory Party Conference speech
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride gives a speech at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester. It comes after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced plans to cut the size of the civil service as he faced Tory demands to slash taxes and trim...
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Hunt sets out plan to shrink civil service as Tory pressure to cut taxes mounts
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to cut the size of the civil service as he faced Tory demands to slash taxes and trim the size of the state. Mr Hunt said the move could save £1 billion a year and indicated that improving...
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Burnham: Rumours Manchester leg of HS2 will be shelved are “profoundly depressing”
Andy Burnham has described reports that the Manchester leg of HS2 will be shelved as “profoundly depressing”. Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference, the Manchester mayor said: “This will be remembered as the...
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Liz Truss calls on Chancellor to cut corporation tax as she opens Tory fringe event
Former prime minister Liz Truss called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut corporation tax in November’s autumn statement as she opened the Great British Growth Rally event at the Conservative Party Conference.
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Politics daily briefing: October 2
Daily politics briefing for October 2, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he understands what the British public wants amidst HS2 uncertainty.
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Coutinho takes dig at 'short-term Starmer' as she announces funding for social housing insulation
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho criticised Labour's green policies as she claimed the Conservatives were the party of 'aspiration and the Environment' during her speech at the Tory Party Conference. She also announced what she said was...
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US Government Shutdown Averted: What's Next?
The deal to avert the government shutdown will keep the government running until Nov. 17, but it might come with a heavy political cost for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Kailey Leinz reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Defence Secretary uses Tory conference stage to announce deployments of troops in Balkans and RAF in Poland
The Defence Secretary has announced £4 billion of contracts with British firms to develop the “most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy”. Speaking on the main stage of the Tory conference in Manchester, Grant...
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"international allies" needed to stop the boats, says Foreign Secretary
The Foreign Secretary has said he has written to all of the UK’s ambassadors and high commissioners to ask that they do “even more” to help stop the “abhorrent trafficking of human lives across the English Channel”. Speaking from the...
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Conservative Party chairman says Tories will fight general election as 'underdogs'
The Conservatives will enter the next general election as the “underdogs”, the party’s chairman has said. Kicking off speeches on the main stage at the Tory conference on Sunday, Greg Hands said: “This is likely to be a general election...
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'Our duty to win' says Andrew RT Davies at Tory conference
The Welsh Conservatives' Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies told the Conservative Party conference the Tories have a "duty" to win.
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Politics daily briefing: September 30
Daily politics briefing for September 30, as the Chancellor ruled out early tax cuts in The Times on the eve of the Conservative Party conference.
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Aslef union leader says weekend rail strike targets Conservative Party conference
Aslef's general secretary Mick Lynch said his union was targeting the Conservative Party conference for "industrial reasons". Mr Whelan joined rail workers on a picket line at London Euston station, alongside a cardboard model of...
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Train drivers stage strike to coincide with first day of Conservative Party conference
Train drivers with 16 operators walked out on Saturday, as the Aslef union stages strikes and other forms of industrial action to coincide with the first day of the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester. GVs of striking...
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Politics daily briefing: September 29
Daily politics briefing, as the Institute for Fiscal Studies issues a report finding the taxes will rise to around 37% of national income by the time of the next general election.
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Sir Ed Davey on Conservative 'clowns' on cancer targets
Sir Ed Davey will call for a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral, using a keynote speech to underline the Liberal Democrats’ health pledges. The Lib Dem leader has pledged £4...
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Full press conference: Rishi Sunak marks change of approach in net zero policies
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech from Downing Street that he believes “we risk losing the consent of the British people” for net zero policies without a change in approach. He said the resulting backlash "would not just be...
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Sunak pushes back ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars by five years
A ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars will be pushed back five years to 2035, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. He said "I’m announcing today that we’re going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. You’ll still be able to...
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Change of approach in net zero policies could save families £15,000 a year, claims PM
The changes to the Government’s net zero policy could save the average family up to £15,000, the Prime Minister has said. Asked by GB News how much the average working family will save, Rishi Sunak said: “When it comes to the cost, I...
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Politics daily briefing – September 17
Daily politics briefing for September 17, as the new Energy Secretary said “pragmatic policies” are needed to get the UK to net zero. It comes amid reports, in both The Sun and the Mail On Sunday, that the Prime Minister is carrying out...
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Politics daily briefing: September 16
Daily politics briefing for September 16, as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer attends a summit of 'progressive' political leaders in Montreal.
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Politics daily briefing: September 15
All the latest political news in the UK, as Suella Braverman criticises Labour's policy to tackle people smuggling.
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NHS waiting lists hit new record high of 7.7 million
The NHS waiting list in England has hit a new record high, with 7.7 million people – about one in seven – waiting for treatment, data shows. New figures from NHS England show a rise in the overall list, plus more people facing long waits...