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Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters in Birmingham as Tory conference kicks off
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been chased and heckled by protesters in Birmingham where the Conservative Party conference is getting under way. The Business Secretary faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre,...
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Labour leadership candidates vie for support in Liverpool hustings
Labour leadership candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips, Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry speak at their party hustings in Liverpool. Ms Phillips and Ms Thornberry clashes over allegations of anti-Semitism within the...
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Liz Truss visits Devon ahead of another round of hustings
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss continues her leadership campaign in Devon.
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Ian Blackford "glad" Boris Johnson's premiership is over
SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford responds to Boris Johnson's leaving speech and comments on Liz Truss becoming the new prime minister.
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Liz Truss insists U-turn over regional pay policy showed she was 'decisive'
Liz Truss insisted her U-turn over a regional pay policy for public servants showed she was “decisive”. She continued to claim the policy had been “misrepresented” although did not set out how, or why it was being abandoned entirely...
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Sadiq Khan comments on Truss and Kwarteng during market visit
During a visit to Blue Market Bermondsey, Sadiq Khan made comments on Truss and Kwarteng's leadership. The Mayor of London claimed: "Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng think this is all a game".
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Johnson: UK to do more to help Ukraine defend against Putin's Russia
Boris Johnson said he has told President Volodymyr Zelensky he will do more to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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Johnson claims Labour would aim for coalition with SNP "to bring down government"
Boris Johnson has said Labour and the SNP are the “terrible twins” – claiming the two parties would try to form a coalition with each other after a general election. His comments came during the Scottish Conservative conference in Aberdeen.
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Liberal Democrats upset the odds with historic Chesham and Amersham victory
Boris Johnson’s Tories suffered a humiliating by-election defeat as the Liberal Democrats scored a historic win in Chesham and Amersham. Lib Dem Sarah Green is the country’s newest MP after winning the seat, which had been a Conservative...
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Daily politics briefing: October 13
All the latest political developments in the UK as Prime Minister Liz Truss faces growing pressure from her own MPs to rip up her tax-slashing plans.
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Tory MP says he hopes Liz Truss is 'all right' after embattled Tory leader resigns
A Conservative MP has said he feels "sad" for Liz Truss, adding he hoped she would be "all right" after she resigned following weeks of political pressure. Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, said he would be backing Rishi Sunak in...
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Liz Truss: Policy I put forward was misrepresented
Liz Truss speaks to the media following a visit to the Ludlow Raceclub in Ludlow, Shropshire. She tells journalists that she was "decisive" in U-turning on her civil service pay policy.
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This country needs a change in direction, says shadow work and pensions secretary
Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth says he welcomes the Government's plan to help manage people's rising energy bills but criticised the Tories' management of the country, suggesting a need for a "change in direction".
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Truss: It will be hard for Sunak to win general election with economic policy
Tory Party leadership candidate Liz Truss said it would be “very hard for Conservatives to win an election” if there is no change to the current economic policy.
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Liz Truss continues Tory leadership campaign in Solihull
Footage from Solihull Moors Football Club where Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss continues her campaign to become the next Conservative Party leader.
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NI Protocol legislation could have ‘colossal economic impact’, O’Neill warns
SF vice president Michelle O'Neill addressed a party meeting in Belfast. Plans by the British Government to scrap aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol could have a “colossal political and economic impact”, Sinn Fein vice president...
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Boris Johnson visits The Francis Crick Institute
General shots of the PM being shown around various facilities at The Francis Crick Institute.
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Boris Johnson bids farewell in final speech as Prime Minister
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, before leaving for Balmoral for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to formally resign as Prime Minister.
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Leadership contest: Liz Truss visits youth centre in Dagenham
Liz Truss visited a youth centre in Dagenham, East London, as part of her campaign for to become Conservative leader. She used the occasion to reiterate her commitment for police forces to “get back to basics and spend their time making...
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Lord Heseltine: Boris Johnson is the most flexible politician of modern times
Boris Johnson is "the most flexible politician of modern times", former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has said. Although he remains a member of the Conservative Party, Lord Heseltine had the party whip withdrawn in May after he...
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Conservative manifesto launch
Boris Johnson launches Conservative Party manifesto. Among the pledges made are: 20,000 police officers and 50,000 extra nurses with the return of nurse bursaries, which were scrapped by the Tories in 2016. During his speech, Mr Johnson...
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Full Boris Johnson interview as he says 'no evidence' on 'blackmail' allegations
Boris Johnson said he had seen “no evidence to support any of those allegations” following senior Tory MP William Wragg’s claims of conduct amounting to “blackmail” against critics of the Prime Minister.
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Rishi Sunak promises tax cuts ‘you can believe in’
Rishi Sunak on Saturday told Tory Party members that he was the only candidate telling the truth about taxation. Tax cuts have dominated discussion in the Conservative leadership contest so far, with Mr Sunak seeking to portray himself...
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Liz Truss speech interrupted by Greenpeace protest
Two protestors are removed from the auditorium after holding up a banner during Liz Truss' speech