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Conservative party UK

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Kemi Badenoch
    Nigeria’s vice-president launches attack on Badenoch

    Kashim Shettima’s comments follow criticism by Conservative leader of country where she grew up

    Kashim Shettima and Kemi Badenoch
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Reform party UK
    Property magnate Nick Candy joins Reform UK in latest Tory defection

    Former Conservative donor promises to raise ‘tens of millions’ as he takes on role of party treasurer

    Nigel Farage and Nick Candy outside Millbank TV studios in London
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK honours system
    Tory donor Lord Ranger and tech baron Lawrence Jones lose UK honours

    A total of six people were stripped of their awards by the King

    Rami Ranger (left)  and Lawrence Jones (right)
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Labour party UK
    UK transport secretary Louise Haigh admits historic offence over phone claim

    Labour MP told police that work phone had been stolen in mugging, only to find it later

    Transport secretary Louise Haigh
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    What Kemi Badenoch gets wrong about opposition strategy

    New Tory leader cannot fulfil her immigration pledges without confronting trade-offs on taxes and public services

    Leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    University of Oxford
    William Hague wins race to be Oxford university chancellor

    Former Tory leader beats four rivals including Peter Mandelson in tightly fought election

    A portrait of William Hague
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Tax
    UK ministers accused of £2.7bn ‘backdoor hike’ in business rates

    Chancellor will taper relief for thousands of shops, pubs and restaurants over next two years

    Shoppers pass a cafe in Cambridge, UK
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    UK politics
    Some UK quangos are ‘a law unto themselves’, senior MP warns

    Simon Hoare sets out plans for inquiry into arm’s-length bodies amid concerns over accountability

    Simon Hoare
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    Emma Jacobs
    Why rudeness has no place at work

    Straight talkers take pride in honesty but can demotivate colleagues

    Illustration of a person pointing their finger in the face of another person who looks stressed
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    ReviewBrexit
    Immigration: How British Politics Failed — Cameron, Corbyn and others on what went wrong

    Former prime ministers and advisers discuss 30 years of misjudged policies and promises in BBC two-parter

    A crowded dingy carries passengers in life jackets across the ocean
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Badenoch rewards early backers with shadow cabinet posts

    New Tory leader picks team from across party spectrum

    Kemi Badenoch chairing her first shadow cabinet meeting as Tory leader, with Priti Patel to her right and Chris Philp to her left
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    UK government spending
    UK Treasury breached legal duty by failing to reveal overspend, says watchdog

    OBR chair says relationship with finance ministry moving to ‘system of trust but verify’

    The Treasury building
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Labour draws dividing line on tuition fees

    Party may hit political difficulties as the amount rises with inflation and system loses its original advantages

    Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Stride and Patel join UK shadow cabinet as Badenoch fills key posts

    New Conservative leader hands roles to MPs who contested the Tory leadership election

    Mel Stride and Priti Patel
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Without hard thinking on tax and the state, Kemi Badenoch is doomed to fail

    The new Tory leader can’t rely on Labour being derailed by global events or problems with its own model

    Ewan White illustration of a woman turning the page of a giant notebook with a to-do list written on it
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why the Tories stay ahead on political firsts

    Rule book ability to change its leaders has driven its success — but also its dysfunction

    Kemi Badenoch standing in front of a podium giving a speech as leader of the Conservative party
  • Sunday, 3 November, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Conservatives’ deepening turn to the right

    Kemi Badenoch’s task is to restore the party’s appeal to Britain at large

    Kemi Badenoch stands next to a podium smiling and waving
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership race

    Former business secretary takes 57 per cent of the vote to beat Robert Jenrick and become party’s first Black leader

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    News in-depthKemi Badenoch
    Kemi Badenoch, the culture warrior on a mission to rebuild a battered Tory party

    New leader’s combative style can alienate colleagues but supporters say she will make life uncomfortable for Labour

    Kemi Badenoch
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    James Cleverly: ‘I kept saying there aren’t many votes to play with . . . ’

    The politician talks for the first time about how he went overnight from frontrunner in the Conservative leadership race to a surprise third place

    An illustration of a man in a suit and tie with a beard and glasses
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    Financial services
    Former Tory treasurer Malik Karim dispels corporate fears over Labour

    Fenchurch Advisory boss points to uptick in M&A and industry shifts for boost in profits

    Malik Karim
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Labour discovers price of freebies in our democracy

    Journalists are right to raise questions over Starmer’s Taylor Swift meeting and acceptances from donors

    Taylor Swift performing in Paris
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up

    Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisive

    Kemi Badenoch takes part in the televised Tory leadership debate
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    UK politics21 min
    Sketchy Politics: Labour pains

    How will Labour handle their first Budget?

    Sketchy Politics: Labour pains
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    Why Tory leaders win the diversity challenge

    The party’s recent record shows that Badenoch’s ascent to leadership favourite is no accident

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of different hands clasping each other’s wrists.
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