Conservatives

Priti in pink! Ex-home secretary Patel collects her damehood from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle as she prepares to give Rishi Sunak a fresh headache at upcoming Tory conference

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Priti in pink! Ex-home secretary Patel collects her damehood from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle as she prepares to give Rishi Sunak a fresh headache at upcoming Tory conference By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:06 BST, 27 September 2023 | Updated: 18:01 BST, 27 September 2023 Dame Priti Patel today formally received … Read more

Mark Drakeford fails to rule out ULEZ-style charging schemes on Wales’ busiest roads as First Minister is quizzed over further ‘anti-car’ plans in wake of backlash against national 20mph limit

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Mark Drakeford fails to rule out ULEZ-style charging schemes on Wales’ busiest roads as First Minister is quizzed over further ‘anti-car’ plans in wake of backlash against national 20mph limit By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:26 BST, 26 September 2023 | Updated: 18:35 BST, 26 September 2023 Mark Drakeford today failed to … Read more

Ex-foreign secretary William Hague warns Britain must prepare for the ‘trauma and chaos’ of Donald Trump becoming US president again

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Ex-foreign secretary William Hague warns Britain must prepare for the ‘trauma and chaos’ of Donald Trump becoming US president again By Greg Heffer, Political Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:54 BST, 19 September 2023 | Updated: 10:55 BST, 19 September 2023 Britain must prepare for the ‘trauma and chaos’ of Donald Trump becoming US president for a … Read more

Fury as City regulator’s ‘de-banking’ review finds ‘no evidence’ of politicians’ accounts being closed due to their views – but admits it didn’t even look at Nigel Farage’s allegations against Coutts

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The City regulator sparked fury today after finding no evidence of banks denying politicians access to accounts due to their views. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) undertook a review amid the ‘de-banking’ scandal brought to prominence by Nigel Farage being ditched as a Coutts customer. But their report, published today, said information supplied by banks … Read more

Hotels for asylum seekers are now costing the Home Office up to £8million a day, figures reveal

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The Home Office is paying ‘around £8 million’ per day for asylum seekers to be put up in hotels, new figures show. The department’s annual accounts, published today, reveal the cost is £2mn higher than that cited by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Commons on Monday. The 2022-23 report claimed that the arrival of small … Read more

Sadiq Khan jets off to New York to discuss ULEZ at climate change summit – as furious drivers face London-wide charges

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Sadiq Khan jets off to New York to discuss ULEZ at climate change summit – as furious drivers face London-wide charges By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 17:02 BST, 15 September 2023 | Updated: 09:58 BST, 16 September 2023 Sadiq Khan is set to discuss his controversial ULEZ expansion at a summit in … Read more

Ministers warn state pension triple lock is ‘not sustainable in the long term’ after wages surge puts OAPs on track for 8.5% boost in April – piling billions of pounds on to government spending

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Ministers have warned the state pension triple lock is ‘not sustainable in the long term’ after surging wages put OAPs on track for a bumper rise next year. Under the triple lock, the payouts go up in April by the highest out of average earnings, CPI inflation or 2.5 per cent. The pay number for … Read more

Ex-NHS nurse who sparked outrage by claiming Tory voters ‘don’t deserve to be resuscitated’ on Jeremy Vine show is removed from register

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An ex-NHS nurse who sparked outrage by saying Tory voters ‘don’t deserve to be resuscitated’ on live TV has been removed from the nursing register. Miranda Hughes, from Hampshire, was fired from her private job after making the comments during a debate on Jeremy Vine‘s Channel 5 show ‘Britain on The Brink’ last October. But … Read more

Liz Truss nominates 14 people for her resignation honours list after just 49 days as Prime Minister last year… but snubs her former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

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Liz Truss nominates 14 people for her resignation honours list after just 49 days as Prime Minister last year… but snubs her former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng Former PM has nominated four people for life peerages and 12 for other honours The list is the equivalent of one name for every three-and-a-half-days in office   By Kumail … Read more

Tory MP is blasted for misspelling name of village where she wants to meet constituents – and getting the postcode wrong too

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Tory MP is blasted for misspelling name of village where she wants to meet constituents – and getting the postcode wrong too Katherine Fletcher made two glaring errors on a flier to constituents MP for South Ribble, Lancashire misspelt the village Eccleston as Ecclestone By Paul Thompson Published: 17:50 BST, 19 July 2023 | Updated: … Read more

Dylan Mulvaney spotted at LA hotel in first sighting since Bud Light campaign

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Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has been spotted for the first time since Bud Light disavowed gifting her a special can, with an LGBT activist saying the brand’s latest decision has angered gays as well as conservatives.  Mulvaney, 26, was seen in a Burberry check outfit she’s sported on multiple previous occasions as she arrived at … Read more