Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

BIZARRE: Peter cruddas - What They Never Told You

Cash before honours: the Tory donors made peers who barely speak in Lords

Critics say perception that peerages may be a reward for donations harms upper house’s reputation – especially when peers do little to participate

The Guardian - UK

Parties would have to justify House of Lords nominations under new rules

Aim is to make parties set out candidates’ experience and suitability, after criticism of Boris Johnson appointments

The Guardian - UK

Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK

Exclusive: almost half of billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of rightwing party

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The big idea: why we need to kick big money out of UK politics

Our system of wealthy donors chips away at democracy, but what could replace it?

The Guardian - UK

CMC to cull 200 as fears mount of City jobs axe

Growing fears of a mass City jobs cull rose today when spread betting house CMC Markets said it would axe 200 jobs -- 17% of its headcount. Replicated across the Square Mile that would be tens of thousands of jobs.

Evening Standard

I’m the heir to Blair, says Starmer after Tory ‘armageddon’ by-election defeats

Labour leader hails ‘game-changer’ victories that put his party on the path to power

The Independent UK

‘Architects of disaster’: Boris, Truss and Tory right accused of leading party into electoral wilderness

Tory chair Greg Hands blames ‘legacy’ issues, as moderates warn PM against further lurch to the right

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

British political giving is increasingly dominated by the rich – it’s a system ripe for abuse

The next UK general election will be the most expensive ever, says Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale

The Guardian - UK

CMC dealt blow as finance chief quits to join rival

With CEO Lord Cruddas somewhat distracted by politics, some in the City may fear CMC lacks high-level leadership

Evening Standard

Partygate: Rees-Mogg and Dorries likely to be named in ‘contempts of parliament’ report

Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breaches

The Guardian - UK

CMC profits dive -- and Boris super fan Lord Cruddas is strangely silent

City Comment: Are politics getting in the way of business?

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s disciples gathered to sing the old hymns. But are they a real threat to Sunak?

Familiar faces on the right met in Bournemouth to pour scorn on the government. And they can certainly make the PM’s life harder

The Guardian - UK

Tories demanding grassroots voice deny being a ‘Johnson revivalist group’

Conservative Democratic Organisation founded by ex-PM’s allies insist it only wants party to be more accountable

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson allies to hold conference aiming to ‘take back control’

Former PM will snub event – but Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel set to join

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Labour denies claim Sue Gray in talks about job with Starmer ‘for over a year’

Opposition rejects report that Cabinet Office officials believe ‘secret contacts’ began more than 12 months ago

The Guardian - UK

Labour dismisses Rishi Sunak’s five new pledges as mostly ‘so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them’ – as it happened

Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’

The Guardian - UK

‘We didn’t vote for this’: anger over Brexit failures is haunting the Tories

All along the red wall, those who gave the Conservatives their election victory in 2019 feel betrayed, with some turning to the Reform UK party to deliver on policies such as immigration

The Guardian - UK

Tories ‘at risk from rightwing insurgency’ warns donor Lord Cruddas

Peer says Conservatives no longer party of centre right and are threatened by Reform UK, Brexit party successor, if Nigel Farage takes leadership

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson comeback campaign branded 'trojan horse for takeover of Tories'

The donors behind the petition have set up a new ‘party within a party’ - and insiders fear they'll be able to use the ready-made mailing list of tens of thousands of Johnson supporters to push a hard right agenda

The National (Scotland)

Peerage delay for Tory MPs is 'manipulation of democracy in its worst form'

REPORTS that Boris Johnson has asked four Tory MPs to delay taking up peerages so that the party can avoid losing by-elections is "manipulation…

The Guardian - UK

The last days of Truss were an utter shambles. Then the real chaos began

The departure of Britain’s shortest serving prime minister and a possible comeback by her predecessor has created further divisions and infighting in the chaotic Conservative party

Evening Standard

CMC Markets launches new trading platform -- Lord Cruddas silent on Liz Truss

BORIS Johnson fan and Tory party donor Peter Cruddas was tight-lipped today on new PM Liz Truss.

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to Tory conference 2022 – so bad even Michael Gove has drawn the line

MPs are already pining for the golden era of Johnson and Patel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Kamila Shamsie on the crisis in British politics: ‘What kind of democracy is this?’

Growing up in Pakistan, the novelist experienced the euphoria of free elections and the disillusionment when vested interests reasserted themselves. She reflects on the parallels with Westminster today

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson-backing Tory donor will pull funds unless ‘corrupt’ leadership rules change

Peter Cruddas wants 1922 Committee stripped of powers and Tory members get more say

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Conservative Party

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.