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Donors give £12.3mn to Conservative party in first quarter, while Labour receives £5.9mn
Egyptian-born billionaire lived ‘hand to mouth’ after Nasser nationalised his father’s company but now owns a sprawling conglomerate
The chancellor’s fiscal rules give him room for pledges that please the Conservative backbenches but there’s a big caveat
Team Starmer may need an injection of that ‘hopey-changey stuff’ to pull off an election win
Sunak well placed to win over a large bloc of floating voters despite Starmer’s substantial poll lead, survey suggests
Representative for Beckenham, who will appear in court in July, will keep party whip for time being
PM says government’s harsh approach is beginning to deter people from crossing Channel in small boats
Next Tory leadership election will be set against backdrop of MPs lamenting electoral deal struck to deliver Britain’s departure from EU
The trade-off the original Tory Leavers made with populists handed the Conservatives over to an alien worldview
Government inquiry into Ben Houchen’s Teesside regeneration scheme will not necessarily weaken area’s Conservative support
Previous agreements by Ben Houchen to shift assets to developers ‘lacked transparency’
Investment in skills is one part of the solution, but is unlikely to lead to meaningful reductions in numbers alone
Attitudes have softened since Thurrock was one of the UK’s top Brexit-supporting districts
The US brand of national conservatism fails to resonate in the UK because it is a fundamentally different society
Backing calls to lower record migration levels is one thing, actually swallowing the costs is another
Home secretary expresses regret over her handling of speeding offence
The Conservative party needs to address issue of spending on skills and staffing
PM under pressure to launch probe after allegations home secretary asked civil servants to help avoid penalty points
Allies attribute revelations to a smear against home secretary
Opposition says PM must establish whether home secretary broke rules in trying to avoid penalty points
At two political gatherings over the past week, a battle has been raging for the soul of Britain’s Conservative party
PM says he is ‘not interested’ in deal with Northern Irish party that propped up Theresa May’s government after 2017
PM implicitly blames Johnson for government’s failure to meet immigration target
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage joins Tory Eurosceptics criticising list of rules to be repealed this year
A big part of Suella Braverman’s speech was about positioning herself for the leadership race. But it comes at a cost for the government
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