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The next guest on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge is the former Tory defence secretary, Grant Shapps, and we start by asking about reports that the Labour government is set to back a third runway at Heathrow. He tells Sophy Ridge that the move is “absolutely right”, saying: “It’s crazy it’s taken all these years. “I…
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Looking at the festive ding-dong that’s broken out between Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, you do wonder if the Tory leader should take on board this famous quote – because there was only ever going to be one winner from this spat. The Reform UK leader has spent the thick end of three decades dragging his political opponents into fights…
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The Tory election strategy was “idiotic” and forced voters into the arms of Labour, Suella Braverman has said in the wake of the worst defeat in Conservative history. Writing an opinion piece for The Telegraph, the former home secretary said “we failed in office and deserved this result”. “Losing elections has consequences: I regret them, but…
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Jon Craig: Sunak has really got to take the gloves off and come out fighting First on tonight’s edition of Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, we are hearing from our chief political correspondent Jon Craig, who is in the “spin room” at the location of tonight’s TV debate. He tells reporters that the room is “filling up…
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Labour is demanding the Tories spell out how they will pay for a “reckless” plan to abolish national insurance contributions. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in his budget it was his long-term ambition to “end this unfairness”, while an email sent to Tory members said “we’ll be able to make progress towards that goal in the…
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A cabinet minister has appeared to leave the door open for Lee Anderson to regain the Tory party whip following an attack on Sadiq Khan that resulted in his suspension. Mr Anderson was suspended at the weekend after he refused to apologise for claiming “Islamists” had got “control” over London and that Mr Khan had “given our…
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The UK economy has officially entered recession, figures show. A recession is defined as two consecutive three-month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. A major measure of economic growth, gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.3% between October and December, the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It’s a steeper-than-expected fall, as…
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Rishi Sunak kicked off 2024’s political season with a hint at when the next general election will be – saying earlier this month that it’s his “working assumption” IT will happen in the second half of the year. Speculation has been rife for months about when the prime minister will choose to go to the…
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Later today, the prime minister’s “emergency” Rwanda legislation will return to the Commons as he tries to get deportation flights off the ground. But right-wing rebels in his party have proposed amendments to make the bill “tougher” – and last night, Tory party deputy chairs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith announced they will back the…
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British Attorney General Suella Braverman was on Thursday knocked out of the leadership race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister of the UK. The five candidates that now remain are former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, head of the Foreign Affairs Select…
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