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  • Six times chancellors cut taxes before an election - and what happened next

    From the 1987 ‘bribes budget’ to Gordon Brown’s cuts, chancellors can be generous when voting nears – with mixed results

    By Benedict Smith 22 Nov 2023, 8:52am
    (Left to right) Osborne, Brown, Lamont and Lawson
  • Ministerial cars involved in crash once every three weeks

    Government's fleet including Range Rovers and Jaguars were involved in 129 accidents between January 2017 and October 2023

    By Benedict Smith 21 Nov 2023, 8:20am
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  • Sunak vows to cut taxes but warns: ‘We can’t do everything at once’

    Income tax and national insurance reductions seen as likely after Prime Minister’s pre-Autumn Statement address

    By Ben Riley-Smith 20 Nov 2023, 4:46pm
    video: Sunak vows to cut taxes but warns: ‘We can’t do everything at once’
  • Senior Tories urge Met to investigate pro-Hamas Socialist Worker pamphlet

    MPs want police to ‘crack down’ on Left-wing group for allegedly supporting the proscribed terrorist organisation

    By Benedict Smith 17 Nov 2023, 9:02pm
    The Socialist Workers Party has been actively involved in pro-Palestine marches in London
  • David Cameron to be known as Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton

    Lord Cameron's new title is revealed as the former prime minister prepares for his debut in the upper house

    By Benedict Smith 17 Nov 2023, 12:56pm
    Lord Cameron in Chipping Norton. He has lived in the area for more than two decades
  • Jess Phillips quits as Starmer suffers major rebellion over Gaza ceasefire

    By Jack Maidment 15 Nov 2023, 9:59pm
    Jess Phillips
  • Boris Johnson wades in to Rwanda row with challenge to Rishi Sunak

    Former PM wants change in the law to ‘end the legal blockade’ on sending migrants to the east African nation

    By Amy Gibbons 15 Nov 2023, 3:03pm
    A Boeing 767 sits on the runway at the military base in Amesbury, Salisbury, on June 14, 2022, preparing to take a number of asylum-seekers to Rwanda
  • Rishi Sunak ‘faces six more no-confidence letters’

    Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who sent in her own on Monday, calls on colleagues to ‘bite the bullet’ and oust the PM to save the Conservatives

    By Benedict Smith 15 Nov 2023, 2:40pm
    Dame Andrea conceded the party could look 'very stupid' if it toppled its third leader in under 18 months but claimed the situation was 'do or die'
  • The scathing MP resignation letters that came before Suella Braverman’s

    From Geoffrey Howe to Rishi Sunak, Tory MPs have a long history of issuing explosive parting shots

    By Benedict Smith 14 Nov 2023, 10:48pm
    Suella Braverman
  • Suella Braverman: Rishi Sunak believes in ‘actions not words’, says No10 after bombshell resignation letter

    By Jack Maidment 14 Nov 2023, 7:19pm
    Suella Braverman
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  • William Hague: I told David Cameron to return to politics

    Former foreign secretary denies he masterminded shock appointment but was aware of ex-PM’s move

    By Benedict Smith 14 Nov 2023, 2:41pm
    Lord Hague says he knew about Lord Cameron's appointment a few days in advance, but did not mastermind the move
  • Lord Heseltine: Cameron’s return can save Tories from ‘great lurch to the Right’

    Former PM’s surprise appointment as Foreign Secretary would bring a sense of perspective and integrity to the role, says Brexit critic

    By Amy Gibbons 14 Nov 2023, 1:25pm
    Lord Heseltine welcomed Lord Cameron’s appointment as ‘the best news on the domestic front’ for some time
  • All the times Suella Braverman was at odds with No 10 before being sacked in Cabinet reshuffle

    The former home secretary lost her job after a string of controversies while in office

    By Benedict Smith 13 Nov 2023, 1:06pm
    Suella Braverman has been sacked by Rishi Sunak
  • National Trust willing to support green protests against the government, chief executive suggests

    Hilary McGrady reveals that the charity has considered joining recent demonstrations involving Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion

    By Benedict Smith 12 Nov 2023, 9:57pm
    Hilary McGrady - National Trust willing to support green protests against the government, chief executive suggests
  • Christmas and Easter excluded from National Trust’s ‘inclusion’ calendar

    Diwali, Eid and Ramadan dates feature but Christian festivals go unmentioned, as members fear ‘woke’ policies will prevail after AGM vote

    By Benedict Smith 12 Nov 2023, 9:51am
    Christmas has been excluded from the National Trust’s inclusion calendar
  • Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman have been in contact over article critical of police but no sacking … yet

    It comes as Jeremy Hunt distances himself from the Home Secretary’s rhetoric with fresh Tory calls for her to go

    By Ben Riley-Smith 10 Nov 2023, 7:46pm
    Suella Braverman, pictured on Friday, remains in post for now
  • Who's on Team Braverman? The Tory MPs taking sides in the policing row

    As the Home Secretary's future hangs in the balance, the party is divided on her views

    By Benedict Smith 10 Nov 2023, 4:44pm
    SUella
  • Suella Braverman said what many were thinking, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Sir Jacob, a former business secretary, said calls to sack the Home Secretary were 'disproportionate'

    By Benedict Smith 10 Nov 2023, 1:35pm
    Speaking on his GB News programme on Thursday night, Sir Jacob Rees Mogg defended Suella Braverman and said she was correct to criticise police “inconsistencies”
  • Sunak would 'come out on top' if he sacked Braverman, claims George Osborne

    By Jack Maidment 9 Nov 2023, 6:39pm
    Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, is pictured leaving her home this morning
  • The 19 Labour MPs who defied Keir Starmer over Gaza ceasefire

    Leader under pressure to harden his stance on Israel as war intensifies

    By Benedict Smith 8 Nov 2023, 12:57pm
    Keir Starmer illustration
  • King's Speech: Tories 'not even pretending to govern anymore', claims Starmer

    By Jack Maidment 7 Nov 2023, 6:38pm
    video: King's Speech: Tories 'not even pretending to govern anymore', claims Starmer
  • King's Speech: Everything you need to know about the key bills

    The Telegraph unpacks all the policy announcements in Charles III's first State Opening of Parliament as sovereign

    By Ben Riley-Smith 7 Nov 2023, 12:41pm
    video: King's Speech: Everything you need to know about the key bills
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