Boris Johnson pledges tax breaks to businesses
Boris Johnson will cut employers’ National Insurance as part of a range of tax cuts as he seeks to get the business community back on side.
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Boris Johnson: All Tory election candidates have promised to back my Brexit deal
Boris Johnson has said that all Tory parliamentary candidates have vowed to vote for his Brexit deal if he wins a majority at the General Election.
Johnson says Tories must ‘do better’ on the NHS
Boris Johnson has said the Tories “have got to do better” on the NHS after key figures showed the service was performing at the worst level on record.
Boris Johnson pledges to put the ‘heart’ back into local communities
Boris Johnson has pledged to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into towns and villages that have been “overlooked and left behind”.
How would the political parties approach immigration?
Immigration has re-emerged as a key election battleground but the political parties are so far remaining tight-lipped on the detail of their proposals.
Russian businessmen have ‘absolute right’ to donate to Tory party, says minister
Security minister Brandon Lewis has said wealthy Russian businessmen have “the absolute right” to donate to the Conservative Party if they are British citizens.
Disgraced MP’s wife to run in his place for Tories
The estranged wife of disgraced former MP Andrew Griffiths will be running in his place for the Conservative Party in next month’s election.
Baroness Warsi: Tory party ‘has serious problem’ with Islamophobia
The Conservative Party has a “serious and deep problem with Islamophobia”, former co-chairwoman Baroness Warsi has warned.
Tory convicted of faking expense claims pulls out of election
A former Tory MP who was convicted of faking expenses claims has stood down as a candidate for a new seat hours after it was announced he would stand.
Vote Tory or risk ‘abandoning’ Scots fishermen, says Carlaw
Voting for any party but the Conservatives in next month’s General Election would mean “abandoning” Scotland’s fishing communities, Jackson Carlaw has claimed.
Farage calls on Tories to stand down in Labour seats they can ‘never win’
Nigel Farage has called on the Tories to stand aside for his Brexit Party in seats they have no prospect of taking from Labour.