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Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high interest rates on student loans, piling pressure on Labour ministers to tackle…

The Conservatives are facing a backlash after claiming that Suella Braverman defected to Reform UK after “mental health” issues, as the former home secretary finally joined…

The Conservatives have withdrawn a claim that Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform UK on Monday was connected to her mental health, following criticism from across the…

Braverman’s defection confirms Farage ‘stuffing his party full of failed Tories’, says LabourLabour has said that the Suella Braverman defection just confirms that Reform UK is…

Nigel Farage is riding high in the polls. And the last few months his party has had a slew of political defections from the Conservatives –…

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The Conservatives plan to intensify their attacks on Reform’s economic policy as they gear up for a fight to the death between the two big parties…

New shadow justice secretary apologises after Jenrick’s Reform defectionHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog with me, Tom Ambrose.This morning we start with follow-up…

The decision by successive UK governments to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been called into question after…

Ministers “snuck out” the announcement that they had decided to U-turn on inheritance tax for farmers, the Conservatives have said after the government revealed the move…