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Nigel Farage at the Reform UK Welsh conference - full speech
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage delivers a speech at the party's Welsh conference at the Celtic Manor hotel in Newport. Mr Farage said he will help to “mend fences” between the Labour Government and the incoming Trump administration.
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Dame Priti Patel and Mel Stride given top jobs in new Tory frontbench team
Mel Stride has been appointed shadow chancellor and Dame Priti Patel has been appointed shadow foreign secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. The two former Tory leadership candidates are the first appointments Ms Badenoch...
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Newly-elected Tory leader Kemi Badenoch waves as she leaves party headquarters
Footage of the newly-elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch waving to the press as she leaves the Tory headquarters in Matthew Parker St, central London on Monday. Ms Badenoch has been at CCHQ in Westminster on Monday morning as...
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Kemi Badenoch makes her first frontbench appointment as Tory leader
Kemi Badenoch has made her first major opposition front bench appointment, naming Conservative former minister Laura Trott as her shadow education secretary. Ms Trott will be joined by Tory former minister Neil O’Brien as a shadow...
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Full: Kemi Badenoch elected leader of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party. The former business secretary was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388. Speakers: Bob...
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Kemi Badenoch first speech as Conservative Party leader
Kemi Badenoch has been elected leader of the Conservative Party. The former business secretary was declared the winner at an event in central London on Saturday, defeating rival Robert Jenrick by 53,806 votes to 41,388.
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Labour react to Kemi Badenoch's Tory leadership win
Labour Party chair Ellie Reeves MP responded to Kemi Badenoch's appointment as the new leader of the Conservative Party on Saturday. She congratulated Ms Badenoch but said the “Conservatives have learned nothing since the British people...
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Autumn Budget: Robert Jenrick reaction
Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick gives his reaction to the Chancellor's Autumn Budget, calling it the "largest heist in modern political history".
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Conservatives call on Government to ‘think again’ on winter fuel payment
Conservative MP Mel Stride speaks to PA ahead of handing in a petition to the Treasury, signed by Conservative MPs, calling for the Government to stop the planned cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment, on College Green in Westminster, London.
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Q&A with Robert Jenrick after speech on UK defence policy
Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick answers to questions from the media after giving a speech in South London outlining his vision for foreign and defence policy in the United Kingdom. The speech outlined how the UK can help tackle...
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Robert Jenrick speaks at Policy Exchange as he eyes Tory leadership - high res
Press conference with Conservative Party leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick at Policy Exchange, the day after saw off James Cleverly in a vote of MPs, leaving him and Kemi Badenoch as the final two candidates.
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Robert Jenrick Q&A on stage of Conservative Party Conference
Conservative Party leadership candidate Robert Jenrick answers party members' questions on stage during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.
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Leadership candidates' merchandise on show at Conservative Party conference
General views from the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, including shots of the leadership candidates’ promotional stands at the ICC.
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Cleverly addresses Conservative party conference fringe event
Children should not be allowed to “dictate” their gender identity to adults, James Cleverly has said. The Conservative leadership contender said adults were instead meant to teach children about the world, as their brains are not yet...
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Children should not ‘dictate’ gender ID to their parents, Cleverly says
Children should not be allowed to “dictate” their gender identity to adults, James Cleverly has said. The Conservative leadership contender said adults were instead meant to teach children about the world, as their brains are not yet...
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Waiting for Truss to quit with No 10 tuna sandwich surreal moment, Brady says
Sir Graham Brady is revealing ‘important material; for the record’ in his autobiography Kingmaker. Holing up at Downing Street with a tuna sandwich to wait for Liz Truss to resign was among the most surreal moments at the helm of the...
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Tom Tugendhat full speech at Conservative Party leadership campaign event
Conservative leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat speaking at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall, Westminster.
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Tom Tugendhat Q&A with press at Conservative Party leadership campaign event
Conservative leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat answers press questions at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall, Westminster.
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Tugendhat promises ‘Conservative revolution’ as leadership ballot looms
Tom Tugendhat has launched his bid for the Tory leadership with a promise of a “Conservative revolution” and a return to integrity in politics. In a speech on Tuesday, the former security minister said he would use his party’s period in...
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Kemi Badenoch launches Conservative leadership bid - full speech
Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservative government’s mistake was that it “talked right but governed left” as she launched her Tory leadership campaign in Westminster.
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Q&A with Kemi Badenoch at Conservative Party leadership campaign event
Kemi Badenoch answering questions from the press during the Conservative Party leadership campaign event, Renewal 2030 at IET London.
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James Cleverly attacks Keir Starmer in leadership speech - Full Speech
James Cleverly attacks Keir Starmer in Leadership speech for the conservatives. In what was described as a Major speech in his campaign for the Conservative leadership, the former home secretary said his priorities as prime minister...
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Robert Jenrick launches Conservative leadership campaign – full speech
Robert Jenrick has launched his Conservative leadership campaign in London – full speech
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Dame Priti Patel launches Conservative leadership campaign – full post-speech Q&A
Dame Priti Patel has launched her Conservative leadership campaign in London promising to get the party “back to winning ways”. Dame Priti said: “The Conservative and Unionist Party is the greatest political party in the world, and I’m...