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Will there be a voluntary price cap on food essentials, or just another government-approved price?

Tories are taking every opportunity to control more and more prices

Mark Drakeford said the UK could break up unless rebuilt as a 'solidarity union'

UK could break apart unless rebuilt as 'solidarity union', says Mark Drakeford

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Media organisations have condemned the Conservative Party's decision to charge the media for attendance at its upcoming autumn conference

Outrage at Tory plans to charge for media attendance at autumn conference

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Keir Starmer has been told to return donations made to Labour by a Just Stop Oil supporter

Tory chair calls on Labour to return Just Stop Oil-linked donations

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Do the Tories really think halting Scotland's democracy shows the strength of the Union?

Deposit Return Scheme row reveals the true nature of UK’s power grab

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Conservatives are blaming everyone else for the mess they created, writes Andrew Tickell

COMMENT The British establishment is on the attack – against all the wrong targets

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Three F words sum up the political situation we face in the UK

COMMENT Three F words sum up the political situation we face in the UK

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Theo Paphitis was left with his head in his hands over Laura Trott's stance on immigration

Tory MP leaves Question Time panellist with head in hands over immigration stance

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Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of the Leader of the Labour

Maggie Chapman: The racist fear machine is running into overdrive

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Rishi Sunak will play a variety of cards, not least diversity and patriotism

Letters Tories won't go willingly to political slaughter at the next General Election

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is accused of going into hiding to avoid scrutiny over the migration figures

UK net migration figures hit record high as Suella Braverman 'goes to ground'

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Support for Yes remains high despite SNP scandals, writes the Wee Ginger Dug

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Yes support emerges largely undented by SNP scandals

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Boris Johnson has been reported to the police over fresh revelations about possible breaches of Covid lockdown laws

Cabinet Office 'faces criminal sanctions' in row over Boris Johnson's WhatsApps

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Stephen Flynn reacts as Rishi Sunak hits out at the Scottish Government when challenged on the 'cost of greed crisis'

Sunak lashes out at Scottish Government as he's challenged on 'cost of greed crisis'

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Suella Braverman has been cleared of breaking ministerial rules - but Boris Johnson is facing a new police investigation

Home Secretary cleared of rule breach as Johnson loyalists cry 'witch hunt'

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Brexiteers play the blame game in a situation they caused, writes Assa Samake-Roman

You’d now think likes of Nigel Farage were Brexit bystanders, not the ones at helm

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Rishi Sunak's Tory government have been accused of attacking devolution through their anti-strike legislation

EXCLUSIVE Workers in devolved areas at 'beck and call of UK Government' after strike bill vote

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Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns briefly served as a minister under Boris Johnson

Tory MP wants to 'go back to the 80s when police dragged protesters off streets'

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Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross speaking at the Scottish Affairs Committee on Monday

Top civil servant brushes off Douglas Ross's questioning on Independence Minister

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Rishi Sunak was cited as one reason why the Egyptian billionaire donated so much to the Tory Party

Dictator-linked billionaire hands Tories biggest single donation for 20 years

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Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy and Viktor Orban Prime Minister of Hungary attend the European Union Council Meeting on March 23, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. On the agenda

COMMENT NatCons have social-authoritarianism of Hungary and Italy - it's coming for Scotland

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First Minister Humza Yousaf has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) about pumped-storage hydro

UK inaction 'blocking Scots renewables projects', Humza Yousaf tells Rishi Sunak

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Britain's Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, leaves after attending a weekly meeting of Cabinet ministers at 10, Downing Street

comment Kirsty Strickland: Sunak risks speedy exit from No 10 if he acts on Suella Braverman

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Scottish wind farms are paid hundreds of millions every year to shut down and stop producing energy

SPECIAL REPORT Scottish renewable power 'utterly wasted' as wind farms paid to shut down

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is taking a hard line on migration to the UK

EXCLUSIVE 'Disrespect': British army veteran trapped in UK asylum system speaks out

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Are Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak two sides of the same coin?

comment Owen Jones: Are Labour and the Tories really the same now?

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Jacob Rees-Mogg said voter ID legislation was a delibarate act to gerrymander the local council vote

COMMENT Richard Murphy: Everything but the truth was on show at Conservatism Conference

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As he railed against devolution, Sir John Hayes MP claimed that the rise of 'Welsh and Scottish identities' devalues British identity.

COMMENT Joanna Cherry: There is a reason why identifying as Scottish is so important to us

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Alex Salmond was left bemused by Malcolm Offord's number crunching

Tory peer confuses Question Time panel as he crunches numbers in bid to defend Union

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Ian Murray was reminded of his flirtation with Change UK as he accused the SNP of wanting a Tory government

Ian Murray reminded of Change UK flirtation as he accuses SNP of supporting Tories

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File photograph of the Houses of Parliament

Tory minister failed to come clean over dinner with shadowy donor group

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Damian Green said it used to be 'acceptable' to swim in sewage

Tory MP mocked for saying he remembers 'swimming in sewage' as a child

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SNP MP Philippa Whitford asked Tory minister John Lamont about pumped-storage hydro power

Scots Tory minister red-faced after showing ‘ignorance’ of key renewable technology

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Nadine Dorries gives a speech during the Conservative Democratic Organisation conference at Bournemouth International Centre

Ex-minister Nadine Dorries admits Tories are repellent

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It has befallen to me to list the worst moments in a conference truly chockful of them. Wish me luck.

THE JOUKER All the scariest moments from the National Conservatism Conference

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Mhairi Black slammed the Tories for their 'deluded defence' of Brexit

Mhairi Black tears into Tories' 'deluded defence' of Brexit amid manufacturing alarm

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Douglas Murray claimed Germany 'mucked up twice' in the 20th century at the National Conservatism Conference

Anger after author's 'Germany mucked up twice' claim at Conservatism Conference

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Javad Marandi donated £633,800 to the Conservative Party between 2014 and 2020.

Millionaire Tory donor linked to major criminal money laundering operation

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Stewart McDonald urged his party to be cautious when comparing Labour and the Tories

SNP MP warns party against comparing Labour and Tories

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Robert Buckland (left) said that party conferences were the place to express views

Tory MP tells Suella Braverman to 'concentrate on the job'

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Nigel Farage told BBC Newsnight that 'Brexit has failed'

Nigel Farage admits 'Brexit has failed' as he slams 'useless' politicians

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Mel Stride recently said the next UK Government will raise the pension age

LETTERS Staying in the UK means letting City decide who governs us

Miriam Cates, the MP for Peniston and Stocksbridge, used the term 'cultural Marxism'

Tory MP brings up conspiracy theory with links to 'antisemitism' in chilling speech

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A protester who interrupted Jacob Rees-Mogg's speech during the National Conservatism conference

Protester interrupts Jacob Rees-Mogg speech with 'fascism' warning

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Priti Patel was among those to take aim at Rishi Sunak at the weekend's CDO conference

COMMENT Kirsty Strickland: Delusion is strong among Tories looking to bring back Boris

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Can Labour win a majority at the next election or will they need to rely on a coalition?

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Labour are signing from the same hymn sheet as the Tories

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Lord Frost was previously criticised for his stance on devolution

UPDATED Tory peer who called for reverse of devolution confirms bid to become MP

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J.D. Vance is backed by Donald Trump and will speak at the conference

EXCLUSIVE Senior Tories to speak alongside Trump-backed senator at 'conservatism' conference

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The results of the recent local elections in England have prompted a fresh wave of speculation about the prospect of a hung parliament and a coalition government

EXCLUSIVE Here's what the experts think on Keir Starmer's claims over deal with the SNP

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Keir Starmer has been unveiling a new formula for Labour

COMMENT Andrew Tickell: Keir Starmer at least got one thing right this week

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Humza Yousaf branded Labour a 'replica' of the Tories after a speech by Sir Keir Starmer

Humza Yousaf brands Labour a 'replica' of Conservative Party

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Priti Patel accused Rishi Sunak of presiding over the 'managed decline' of the Tory party

Priti Patel in swipe at Rishi Sunak over 'managed decline' of Tory party

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The UK Government may fund the development of the Rosebank oil field to the tune of £3.75 billion. Photo: Maria Lupan on Unsplash

COMMENT Pat Kane: Scotland is about to make a massive mistake with oil

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UK Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps, and a shot of the Cruachan energy project, which could be expanded

EXCLUSIVE 'Mind-boggling' UK Government silence as Scottish renewables industry urges action

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