United Kingdom (Conservative Party)

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (506+ words) Britain should work towards rejoining the EU in the next decade, Tony Blair has said, adding to growing pressure on Andy Burnham to abandon Labour’s reluctance to revisit the 2016 referendum. The former prime minister has urged Burnham to use his…...

39+ min ago   (916+ words) European officials warn the U.K. would be playing a high-risk game if it delays an upcoming summit over Brussels’ protectionist push. LONDON — The U.K. risks blowing up its Brexit reset if it ties it to guarantees on Made in Europe....

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (756+ words) On 18 October 1990, the Liberal Democrats achieved a seismic victory in the Eastbourne by-election, overturning a 16,923-vote Conservative majority. The result confirmed the political trouble facing Margaret Thatcher’s government and likely accelerated her defenestration as Tory leader. The by-election was triggered…...

13+ min ago   (841+ words) Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair said Andy Burnham must make clear he wants Britain to rejoin the EU - as long as it reforms and becomes faster at making decisions Tony Blair has called on the UK to commit to…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (817+ words) Long-term jobless benefits claimants could be banned from spending their welfare payments on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling under plans being launched by the Conservatives. The plans would also see universal credit (UC) payments slashed for those who have not made…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (875+ words) On 2 January 2020, Dominic Cummings, the chief adviser to the prime minister Boris Johnson, published a lengthy blog post calling for “weirdos and misfits with odd skills” to apply for jobs in 10 Downing Street. In the post, which ran to nearly…...

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (605+ words) David Miliband has said Brexit was a 'unilateral declaration of political impotence' and called on Andy Burnham to seek a new formal relationship with the bloc David Miliband has said Brexit was a "unilateral declaration of political impotence" as he…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (921+ words) On 23 May 2019, the United Kingdom took part in European Parliament elections – elections that the government had not expected nor wanted to fight. The contest, held almost three years after the Brexit referendum, was dominated by the UK’s stalled departure from…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1584+ words) On 4 September 2019, the House of Commons backed a bill designed to prevent the UK leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement on the 31 October deadline. The vote marked the peak of an extraordinary week of high political drama – wherein…...

22+ hour, 14+ min ago   (128+ words) Newswav Watch: David Miliband says Brexit is ‘daily anguish’ he predicted The world’s most free-thinking newspaper David Miliband has added his voice to the growing clamour to reverse Brexit, saying that the decision to leave the European Union has proved…...