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Sunak chairs first Cabinet with Cameron as Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts his first Cabinet meeting with Lord David Cameron as his Foreign Secretary.
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Starmer criticises Home Secretary and PM on Wolverhampton visit
Sir Keir Starmer said people across the country are facing “the worst of all circumstances” with a Home Secretary who is “divisive” and a Prime Minister who is “too weak to do anything about it”. “Across the country I think we see people...
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Boris Johnson joining GB News to offer ‘unvarnished’ views
Boris Johnson has found his latest post-prime ministerial employment, with the former Tory leader set to join GB News. He is the latest Conservative politician to find a place at the broadcaster, and in a video announcing his arrival the...
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Speaker Johnson Meets With Biden
Bloomberg's Megan Scully and Gregory Korte discuss Speaker Johnson's first full day as Speaker of the House and meeting with President Biden. They also talk about what the relationship between Speaker Johnson and President Biden may look...
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Trump Ally Mike Johnson Wins House Speaker Vote
Republicans installed little-known Trump ally Mike Johnson as US House speaker, cementing the party's rightward shift and ending a messy three-week succession fight that paralyzed legislative work. Kailey Leinz reports on "Bloomberg...
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UK By-elections Boost Starmer as Labour Takes Two Seats
The opposition Labour Party won two parliamentary seats in Mid Bedfordshire, which had voted Conservative continuously since 1931, and in Tamworth, overturning huge Conservative majorities and boosting leader Keir Starmer's hopes of...
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Labour's Alistair Strathern wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
*Swearing warning at 04:00* Labour's Alistair Strathern wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result. With the vote triggered by Nadine Dorries’ long-burning resignation, it was the largest majority in terms of votes overturned...
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Election result has made history - Labour’s Alistair Strathern
Labour’s Alistair Strathern said his victory in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election had “made history”.
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Ballot boxes arrive ahead of the count for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election
Ballot boxes arrive at Priory House in Chicksands, Bedfordshire ahead of the count for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election
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Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: Key statistics
If the Conservatives are beaten at the polls in both Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth on Thursday, it would mean 10 seats have changed hands at parliamentary by-elections in the past three years – eight of them being defeats for the...
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Richard Tice speaks at the Reform UK party conference
Richard Tice speaks at the Reform UK party conference in London. The Reform UK leader was joined by honorary president of the party Nigel Farage.
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Michael Gove: Full speech at Conservative Party Conference
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove speaks during the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central convention complex.
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Lord McLoughlin says mayors must be consulted in HS2 decision
Sir Patrick McLoughlin, former Transport Secretary and Chair of Transport in the North, tells a High Speed Rail Group reception that changes request have HS2 have pushed up costs and any decision to scrap it should include the metro mayors
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Sunak makes pitch to Tory right as Truss draws conference crowd
Rishi Sunak made a pitch to the Tory right with plans to scale back HS2, slash the Civil Service and impose tougher benefits conditions as Liz Truss presented a threat. The former prime minister drew crowds of the membership at the party...
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Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch speech at the Conservative Party Conference - full
Kemi Badenoch has hit out at critics of the Government’s decisions on equality as she invoked the words of American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King. The Business Secretary, who is also the minister for women and equalities,...
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Education secretary Gillian Keegan's speech at the Conservative Party Conference - full
Minimum service levels could be introduced for university staff, Gillian Keegan has said. The Education Secretary said the Government would consult on the change, which would ensure that a number of lecturers are required to work during...
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Anti-Brexit campaigner ejected from Tory conference meeting after protest
*Caution: Strong language* Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray has been ejected from a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference. Mr Bray was escorted from a meeting of the right-wing Bruges Group outside the secure zone in...
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Shapps urges the world to 'stick together' to support Ukrainian war effort
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps appeals for Western unity over support for Ukraine, talks about the potential for a change of direction should Trump win the US presidency and denies saying the Navy will be sent to protect Ukrainian ships
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Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho's speech at Tory Party Conference 2023 - Full
Full speech by the Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho at the Conservative Party Conference, where she announced additional funding to improve insulation for social housing.
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Welsh Secretary says Wales has a 'special role to play' in winning Tories a fifth term in power
Welsh Secretary David TC Davis told Conservative Party members the Welsh wing of the party could play an essential role in helping the Tories to win a fifth term in office.
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Douglas Ross and Alister Jack attack SNP record as Conservative Party conference opens
Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack attacked the SNP's record in government, as they spoke at the opening day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.
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Davey makes pledge on legal rights for cancer patients in keynote speech
Sir Ed Davey called 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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Manchester prepares to host Tory conference
John Rooney, Director of Neighbourhood Delivery at Manchester City council and Assistant chief constable Chris Sykes, of Greater Manchester Police discuss preparations for the Tory Party conference at Manchester Central in October. ACC...
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Keir Starmer announces shadow cabinet reshuffle
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks after announcing his shadow cabinet reshuffle, and it has started with the appointment of his deputy, Angela Rayner, to the post of shadow levelling up secretary. The reshuffle was put into gear...