The budget, not conference, will be Theresa May’s make or break Brexit moment
Nigel Dodds called for optimism on Brexit from Philip Hammond at this month’s budget, which the ERG says it will be…
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On Brexit, Theresa May risks losing the DUP
Ministers talk as if they would never agree to new checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but every compromise…
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Boris Johnson’s speech is unlikely to be newsworthy. But it’ll dominate the Conservative Party conference
The former foreign secretary will say... nothing much. Which says a lot about the state of the party.
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Philip Hammond’s speech showed why the Tories are struggling to take on Jeremy Corbyn
The Chancellor identified British capitalism’s flaws but offered few answers.
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Esther McVey’s approach to the government’s welfare problem is running out of road
The Conservatives can’t decide what the purpose of their changes to welfare are.
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It seems unlikely that Boris Johnson will be the next prime minister. So who will?
And how will Theresa May’s successor, whoever they may be, handle the destabilising former foreign secretary?
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Jeremy Hunt turns born-again Brexiteer as he bids to succeed Theresa May
Addressing conference, the foreign secretary invoked Thatcher and Churchill to attack the EU in a combative pitch to Tory Brexiteers.
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Can Penny Mordaunt sell international development to the Conservatives?
Mordaunt has impressed since taking on the role, but Tory activists aren't Dfid lovers just yet.
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