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Mick Lynch joins protest at Tory Conference
RMT boss Mick Lynch speaks at a protest in Birmingham ahead of the Conservative Party Conference.
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Miliband hits out at Rees-Mogg's 'Victorian' energy policy
Shadow Energy Secretary Ed Miliband addresses the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. He hits out at the government on energy bills, says reliance on fossil fuels is the root of our cost of living and environmental issues, pledges to...
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Kwasi Kwarteng addresses Tory Conference - Full Speech
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivers his speech to the Conservative Conference 2022.
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Angela Rayner addresses Labour Party conference in Liverpool - short version
Deputy Leader Angela Rayner addresses the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. She pays tribute to the Queen, says the nation can do better than the Tories - listing the many scandals to have hit them in the last 3 years. She says the...
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Liz Truss has tanked the pound lower than my reputation in Liverpool, says Gary Neville
Former footballer and Labour Party member Gary Neville takes part in a Q&A alongside Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. He talks about football regulation, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's economic policy - saying they were the only two...
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Labour will fight against Tory tax cut plan, says shadow chancellor
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves took aim at Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget plans, saying that Labour will "fight it every step of the way".
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‘Council housing, council housing, council housing’ is new Labour mantra, says Lisa Nandy
Labour will restore social housing as the second-biggest tenure in the UK and “council housing, council housing, council housing” will be the party’s new mantra, Lisa Nandy has said. The shadow communities secretary used her conference...
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Angela Rayner closes Labour conference with swipe at Truss
Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner closes the party's annual conference in Liverpool She mocked the current economic chaos, joking that Liz Truss has even “crashed the pork market”, a nod to the Prime Minister’s enthusiasm for the sector...
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Gary Neville in 'shock' at Government's tax cutting mini-budget
Former England footballer Gary Neville critical of Government tax cutting mini-budget, admitting it was a "shock" when he learnt about the plans.
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Shadow Chancellor: Government needs to 'honour the commitments made' on benefits
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, reacting to news that Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has ruled out bringing forward his medium-term fiscal plan, said the Government should “get a grip” and publish the forecasts. Speaking on a visit to...
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Rees-Mogg takes aim at Mick Lynch and Trade Unions during Tory conference speech
Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg delivers his speech to the Conservative Conference 2022, with reference to heckling outside Conference, support for fracking and his eagerness to clamp down on industry strikes.
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Sir Keir Starmer pledges publicly-owned energy company
A Labour government will create a publicly-owned energy company within its first year in office, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
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Do not forgive the Tories for crashing the economy, says Starmer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the public should never forgive the Tories for the economic turmoil unleashed since Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. In his keynote speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, he told activists that...
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Rayner hammers Tories over economic turmoil
Excerpts from Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner's speech to close the party's annual conference. She mocked the current economic chaos, joking that Liz Truss has even “crashed the pork market”, a nod to the Prime Minister’s enthusiasm...
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Scottish Secretary Alister Jack welcomes tax u-turn
The Chancellor’s decision not to scrap the top rate of tax should be welcomed because he “listened” and “acted swiftly”, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said.
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Keir Starmer vows Labour will turn Britain into a 'green growth superpower'
Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour's regional conference in Barnsley that his party will turn Britain into a new green superpower, and stop the possibility of being held to ransom over fossil fuels.
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Hunt scales back energy price cap duration as he acts to stabilise markets
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dramatically scaled back support for household energy bills and ditched tax cuts promised by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng as he seeks to restore stability following weeks of turmoil on the financial...
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces tax cut U-turns
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will scrap plans to reduce the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 19% in April next year, a move that had been forecast would cost the Exchequer almost £5.3 billion in 2023-24....
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Shadow Health Secretary: Government mired in chaos
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting visits the University of Birmingham Medical School to find out about the University’s Covid-related research and speak to staff.
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Starmer: Britain cannot afford chaos of Conservatives any more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Tory party needed to keep the future of the British people out of their “pathetic squabbles”. He said the Tories had wrecked national and household finances, adding: “Britain deserves better,...
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Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich
Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority.
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Shadow health secretary visits hospital in Leicester
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting visits Glenfield Hospital in Leicester to look at new technology allowing patients to monitor themselves at home and discuss waiting lists and backlogs.
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Politics daily briefing: September 27
All the latest political developments of the day, after a disastrous day for the pound saw Labour take its biggest poll lead over Tories for more than 20 years.
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Liz Truss faces Tory members in Cardiff at hustings
Liz Truss takes questions from Tory members in Cardiff at a leadership hustings.