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Tories bend the truth to explain Kingswood and Wellingborough by-election defeat

A spokesman for the party appears to have a loose conception of time

Evening Standard

Sunak to cut taxes twice more before election, says Tory chair

Richard Holden signals further cuts likely as he plays down polls showing party trailing Labour

The Guardian - UK

Tories name partner of sexual misconduct MP as candidate to replace him

THE Tories have picked the partner of a disgraced former MP to run as their candidate in a by-election to replace him ...

The National (Scotland)

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SNP hit back after Keir Starmer names party in electioneering New Year speech

STEPHEN Flynn has hit back at Keir Starmer after the Labour leader took aim at the SNP in his new year’s speech ...

The National (Scotland)

Starmer signals Labour would scale back £28 billion green economic plan if it busts borrowing limits

The Labour leader and Rishi Sunak both hit the road for regional visits as the parties gear up for what will effectively be a ten-month campaign ahead of an autumn election

Evening Standard

Labour and Tories brand each other 'populist' as leaders go on tour

THE Tories and Labour have each claimed the other is “populist” amid a row ahead of Keir Starmer’s first major speech of 2024 ...

The National (Scotland)

Tory MPs pleading with Reform UK not to stand against them, says Richard Tice

Rightwing populist party’s leader also says Nigel Farage will play formal role in Reform’s election campaign

The Guardian - UK

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One-third chance of general election in May, Tory chair reveals

Richard Holden says PM could still call election earlier than expected despite dire Tory polling

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak beating Keir Starmer in just four constituencies, poll reveals

Labour leader is preferred PM in 390 seats – even beating Sunak in his own Richmond constituency

The Independent UK

Tories care too much about themselves and not the country, chairman admits

The party’s ‘biggest weakness’ is that it is ‘inward-looking’ rather than looking out at the country, Richard Holden said

The Independent UK

Tories on the hunt for ‘talented’ candidates to stand as MPs

In a sign the party may be struggling to find strong candidates to fight all 650 seats, Richard Holden has said Tory HQ is ‘redoubling our efforts’ to recruit and select candidates

The Independent UK

Minister summoned to Parliament to explain why Rwanda plan bill soaring to £290 million

The Government spent a further £100 million in the 2023-24 financial year while flights remained grounded amid a series of legal setbacks

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's viral hammer video sees Labour panned for 'dishonest' attack

LABOUR are under pressure to retract and apologise after they used an edited down clip of Rishi Sunak using a hammer to attack the Tory leader ...

The National (Scotland)

Right-wingers hit out at Sunak after dramatic reshuffle

Multiple right-wing MPs have criticised the Prime Minister following his reshuffle, sparked by Suella Braverman’s sacking.

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Evening Standard

David Cameron returns to the Cabinet table as Tory Right-wingers urged to unite behind Rishi Sunak

The newly-ennobled David Cameron joined his first Cabinet meeting under Rishi Sunak on Tuesday as feuding Tory Right-wingers were urged to unite under the Prime Minister’s revamped top team.

The National (Scotland)

Tory chair defends GB News host's role as 'minister for common sense'

GB News host and Tory MP Esther McVey has been given the unofficial title of “minister for common sense” after Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle ...

The Independent UK

Sunak stresses ‘united team’ following dramatic reshuffle

Rishi Sunak promised ‘big, bold decisions that will drive change’ as he held his first Cabinet meeting following the reshuffle.

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak broke secret promises he made to win her support and accuses him of betrayal – as it happened

Former home secretary tells PM he broke promises he made to gain her support during party leadership contest

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Evening Standard

Tory chairman denies Sunak is abandoning 'Red Wall' after Braverman sacked and Cameron returns

Rishi Sunak will chair the first meeting of his new Cabinet on Tuesday morning

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Cummings tells Covid inquiry foul-mouthed messages about colleague weren’t misogynistic – as it happened

Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser denies contributing to an atmosphere of misogyny at No 10, saying he was ‘much ruder about men’

Newcastle Herald

Workers pay high price for power plant closures

'The transition is costly for those workers.'

AAP

Buddy up to boost supply chains and economy, academic

Economics Professor Richard Holden says Australia can stay on its path of 'economic exceptionalism' but reform will be necessary.

The Independent UK

Government U-turn on HS2 alternatives less than 24 hours after announcement

Line in North East and Bristol transport ‘revolution’ dropped from plans as doubts emerge over Euston extension

The Guardian - UK

Build HS2, say northern leaders, as ministers refuse to confirm Manchester link

Andy Burnham says reports Rishi Sunak wants to cut route short at Birmingham ‘beggared belief’

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of ‘rail betrayal’ as they refuse to confirm HS2 to Manchester

A leaked photograph suggested the Government is weighing up scrapping the second phase from Birmingham to the North West.

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