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Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

The Guardian - UK

With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

The Independent UK

Tories pledge UK version of ICE to detain and deport illegal immigrants

The Removals Force will be expected to ‘integrate closely’ with the police.

Evening Standard

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Tories accuse Labour of ‘abandoning veterans’ over Northern Ireland legacy

The UK and Irish governments published their new framework to deal with the legacy of the Troubles on Friday.

The Independent UK

Blow for Russell Findlay as Scottish Tories suffer frontbench resignation

EMBATTLED Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has suffered a frontbench resignation.

The National (Scotland)

Farage aims for hardline vibes with his mass deportation plan

Reform UK leader cuts loose with far-right anti-immigration rhetoric, but still finds little pushback from Labour or Tories

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Tories 'expect more MSP defections before 2026 elections', insider says

The Scottish Conservatives are preparing for more high-profile defections and resignations before the 2026 Holyrood elections, reports say.

The National (Scotland)

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Justice chaos under the Tories: Sunak risked prison 'meltdown' by blocking early release of inmates

Justice officials were ignored and accused of ‘crying wolf’ as the criminal justice system reached breaking point, damning review finds

Evening Standard

New polling shows Reform is winning over Britain’s Christians

Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support

The Independent UK

James Cleverly takes immediate swipe at Sadiq Khan on London housing crisis on return to Tory frontbench

But the new shadow housing secretary described Angela Rayner as ‘formidable’

Evening Standard

Badenoch and Cleverly attack Labour housing record after Tory reshuffle

The shadow housing secretary promised that ‘under Kemi’s leadership, I am ready to lead the fight’ over new homes in the capital.

Evening Standard

Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast

Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing so

The Guardian - UK

Ex-MP accused of cheating at gambling on General Election date faces two-and-a half year wait for trial

Ex-MP Craig Williams is set for a January 2028 trial over accusations he cheated at gambling on 2024 election

Evening Standard

Scottish council leader quits Tories after 45 years with hint to join Reform UK

THE leader of Aberdeenshire Council has quit the Tories after 45 years in a dramatic speech claiming she was “betrayed by friends” in a plan to…

The National (Scotland)

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Labour support plunges in London as it 'sheds votes' to Reform, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens, new poll shows

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is on 32% - an 11 point drop since the general election last July, according to the new poll

Evening Standard

Tories accused in General Election betting scandal set to face trial over 'easy money' allegations

Craig Williams, who was the MP for Montgomeryshire, is among a group accused of cheating at gambling just before Rishi Sunak called the 2024 election

The Conversation

Mel Stride promises the Tories won’t repeat the mistakes of Liz Truss – except they already have

It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large,…

The Guardian - UK

Why the feverish talk of ousting Badenoch already? Tory MPs know the future looks dire

Fairly or unfairly, blame for the Tories’ backwards slide is landing squarely on its current leader, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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Kemi Badenoch insists Tories should not be written off at Welsh conference

The Tory leader suggested her party faces a long, hard battle to return to power and prominence as she spoke at the Welsh Conservative Conference.

The Independent UK

Tories only realised Brexit impact on small boats ‘just before’ leaving EU, admits senior MP

Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law

Evening Standard

Government supports ‘controlled’ youth movement schemes, minister says

Ahead of the UK-EU summit next week, backbench Labour MPs pressed the Government to agree a youth mobility scheme.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK overtakes Tories in London as Labour slumps, shock poll finds

Exclusive survey: Lib Dems and Greens surge in London in backlash against the Government

Evening Standard

Local elections 2025: Hour-by-hour guide to results

The first results are likely around 2am on Friday May 2.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish by-election candidates to face grilling on nuclear weapons

CANDIDATES in a Scottish by-election are set to face questions from anti-nuclear weapon campaigners in a hustings organised for next month.

The Guardian - UK

Is one-nation Toryism dead? Not yet, but it can’t let Reform and the right provide all the answers

The complacency of the traditional left of the Conservative party is allowing the voices they abhor to take over, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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