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Ed Miliband calls Government 'crap' and suggests Tories are a 'pound shop Republican Party'
Labour former leader Ed Miliband labelled the Government “crap” and urged voters to “chuck them into the seven dustbins of history”. The shadow climate change secretary’s remarks mocked claims made last month by Prime Minister Rishi...
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Labour Party Conference: Ed Miliband calls Tories a 'crap' Government
Labour former leader Ed Miliband labelled the Government “crap” and urged voters to “chuck them into the seven dustbins of history”. The shadow climate change secretary mocked claims last month by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that he had...
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Rishi Sunak speaks to workers in Nottinghamshire – full speech and questions
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to workers at a PM Connect event at a business in Nottinghamshire, as he defends his decision to scrap HS2's northern leg. Full speech.
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Worker challenges Rishi Sunak on 'watering down' green policies at business event
Rishi Sunak was asked by a business employee during a PM Connect event in Nottinghamshire whether he had “watered down” his Government’s environmental policies. The Prime Minister denied that he had, saying the UK continued to have net...
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Rishi Sunak challenged by worker on 'mess' left by Cameron, Johnson and Truss
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was challenged by a worker at a business in Nottinghamshire over why the public should vote Conservative and for him “with the mess left by your predecessor, why should we vote for you?” Mr Sunak laughed at the...
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Rishi Sunak tells workers HS2 would have made London-bound journeys harder for some communities
The Prime Minister said scrapping HS2 would ensure train journeys to London from some communities in England would not be slower or less frequent. Speaking at a PM Connect event at a business in Nottinghamshire, Rishi Sunak said: “It is...
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Politics daily briefing: October 8
All the latest political news in the UK, as Sir Keir Starmer told Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ‘bring it on’ as the Labour Party conference gets under way in Liverpool.
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Nigel Farage addresses Reform UK conference in central London - full speech
Reform UK honorary president Nigel Farage addresses the party's conference in central London. He claimed there was a “gap in the political market” for Reform UK to fill, insisting it was “taking back the word Brexit” from the...
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Nigel Farage claims Tories are “virtually indistinguishable” from Labour, during Reform UK speech
Reform UK honorary president Nigel Farage said the Tories are “virtually indistinguishable” from Labour, as he repeated his rejection of Rishi Sunak’s open door policy on a return to the party.
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Labour Party conference – a look at what to expect as members gather in Liverpool
When Labour members gather for the party's annual conference in Liverpool they will hope Sir Keir Starmer can convince the public he is a prime minister in waiting. Here are some key things to look out for in what could be Labour's last...
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Politics daily briefing: October 5
Daily politics briefing for October 5, as David Cameron joins Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in criticising Rishi Sunak's cancellation of HS2's northern leg.
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Politics daily briefing: October 3
Daily politics briefing for October 3, as Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from Tories, businesses and northern leaders over a chaotic announcement to save billions of pounds by scrapping the HS2 leg to Manchester.
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Alex Chalk full speech at Tory Party Conference
The Government is considering renting prison cells overseas to tackle prison overcrowding, the Justice Secretary has announced. Speaking from the main stage of the Tory Party conference, Alex Chalk said: “I can tell you today that we...
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Michael Gove attacks 'jellyfish' Keir Starmer
Michael Gove used his conference speech as a pre-election rallying cry, with an attack on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Mr Gove referred to the Labour leader as 'the jellyfish of British politics'.
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Gove uses conference speech to attack 'jellyfish' Starmer
Michael Gove used his conference speech as a pre-election rallying cry, with an attack on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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Tory party member Andrew Boff escorted away for heckling during Braverman speech
Tory party member Andrew Boff was escorted away from the party's conference in Manchester after heckling Home Secretary Suella Braverman during her speech.
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Rishi Sunak tours exhibitors' hall at Conservative Party conference
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours the exhibitors' hall, at the Manchester Central convention complex, during the Conservative Party annual conference.
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Steve Barclay: Full speech at Conservative Party Conference
Steve Barclay has announced plans to prevent trans women from using female-only hospital wards. The Health Secretary told the Conservative Party conference: “That is why today I am going further, by announcing that we will change the NHS...
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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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Andy Burnham says scrapping northern leg of HS2 would be ‘desperate act of a dying government'
Andy Burnham says scrapping northern leg of HS2 would be ‘a desperate act of a dying government'. Rishi Sunak is expected to overrule the concerns of Tory grandees, businesses and northern leaders by scrapping HS2 to Manchester in a...
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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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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...