Caroline Spelman should quit says Portillo
Michael Portillo has said that Party Chairman Caroline Spelman should quit. The former Defence Secretary made his intervention after it… Read more »
Massive victory for Conservatives in Henley, Labour come fifth
On Gordon Brown’s first anniversary as PM Labour come fifth in Henley – behind the British National Party and the… Read more »
YouGov: Tories 18% ahead
Labour have narrowed the gap to 18% according to a new YouGov survey for The Telegraph. Taken one year on… Read more »
Harriet Harman introduces her Discrimination Bill
Tory backbench MPs lined up earlier today to attack Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill. We post two of their contributions below… Read more »
Hague and Osborne discuss Middle East strategy
At yesterday’s Annual Business Lunch of Conservative Friends of Israel, Daniel Finkelstein (The Times’ new Chief Leader Writer) interviewed two… Read more »
“The race relations circus”
Paul Uppal is our candidate in Wolverhampton South West. For reasons that are obvious from the photograph in his blog… Read more »
PMQs: Cameron asks Brown to guarantee that he won’t weaken Tory union reforms
Highlights, not verbatim: 12.18pm: If you want to ask questions call an election, Cameron responds. Brown says the Conservatives aren’t… Read more »
Greg Barker sets out proposals for educating children about climate change
Last night Greg Barker, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, launched his Root to Branch pamphlet on embedding… Read more »
Stuart Wheeler loses High Court bid to stop ratification of Lisbon
Mr Wheeler has previously said that he would study the judge’s verdict before deciding whether to appeal. 10am: Statement from… Read more »
Jeremy Hunt seeks charitable revolution to power Britain’s creative industries
Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Culture Secretary, gave his first big speech on the arts yesterday evening. He was speaking to… Read more »
ICM give Conservatives record 20% lead
Tomorrow’s Guardian has an ICM poll putting the Conservatives on a record 45%, followed by Labour on 25%, and the… Read more »
Cameron pledges to replace NHS process targets with an outcome-led approach
David Cameron and Andrew Lansley have been at the Royal College of Surgeons this lunchtime to launch their Green Paper… Read more »
Total Politics
Last night saw the launch of Total Politics magazine from the 29th floor of Millbank tower. Its website went live… Read more »
Stephen Crabb MP questions Jacqui Smith’s openness to deporting gay Iranian asylum seekers
Conservative MP Stephen Crabb, Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Human Rights Commission, has criticised the Home Secretary for arguing that… Read more »
David Cameron’s monthly press conference
Highlights from David Cameron’s monthly press conference, held earlier today: We’re not knights in shining armour: The Sunday newspapers produced… Read more »