Cameron and Holden resign as Tories reshuffle top team
Monday, 8 July 2024 The Conservative Party has announced a reshuffle as former ministers who remain as MPs after Labour's election victory make the transition into becoming the shadow cabinet.
Robert Jenrick has been heavily criticised by his fellow Tory leadership candidates for accusing the SAS of killing rather than capturing terrorists because the.. Sky News
Kemi Badenoch has addressed the Conservative conference in her bid for the Tory leadership. The shadow housing minister said as leader of the party she would be able to "sell Conservatism again". "I'm somebody who gets cut through, I am somebody who communicates our values and I always start from first principles," she said.
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om Tugendhat has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "believing in state control." The shadow security minister was addressing the Conservative conference in his bid to become the next Tory leader. Mr Tugendhat also revealed he felt "deeply, deeply uncomfortable" about legalising assisted dying. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Kemi Badenoch said her remarks about maternity pay have been "misrepresented". The shadow housing secretary caused controversy on the first day of the Conservative conference after appearing to call the current level of the benefit "excessive".
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The opposition chief whip in the House of Commons has weighed in on the controversial comments about maternity pay at the Conservative conference. Kemi Badenoch had said statutory maternity pay, set up to support mothers for 39 weeks after having a baby, is a "function of tax" which she described as "excessive". Stuart Andrew says the Tory leadership candidates are entitled to "stand up for what they believe in and put that forward to the party."
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Kangana Ranaut on Farmers Bill: Member of Parliament from Himachal's Mandi seat and actress Kangana Ranaut (Kangana Ranaut) has again called for the re-implementation of the three farm laws, saying they are in the interest of farmers (Farmers Bill). She stated that farmers themselves should demand the government to bring back these laws (Three Farmer Laws).
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey warms up in a game of tennis as he prepares to give a speech in Brighton to celebrate a record number of MPs. The party is celebrating the election of 72 MPs.
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Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott says the government may have won the vote to remove Winter Fuel Allowance for some pensioners but “comprehensively” lost the argument. The plan to means test the payment cleared the Commons on Tuesday with just one Labour rebel voting against it but dozens of MPs on the government benches were missing in action. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has left No 10 for Parliament where he will face MPs in the first PMQs of the parliamentary session. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Foreign Secretary David Lammy tells MPs in the House of Commons that the UK will be suspending 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Pat McFadden plays down Rosie Duffield quitting the Labour Party saying, "I don't think in the end her resignation is a big surprise". The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also dismisses criticisms from Ms Duffield about donations from Lord Alli, insisting "everything that's donated is properly declared". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Former Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said she never thought she would leave the party "in a million years" and suggested the prime minister has a "problem with.. Sky News
Robert Jenrick has defended receiving £75,000 from a company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) despite criticising Labour over the freebies row. Sky News