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Scottish Tories review confirmed
The Scottish Conservatives announce they are to carry out a formal review into the future direction of the party. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
EU’s Ashton relaxed about Tories
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton, says a Conservative-led UK government does not pose difficulties for her. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Tories and Lib Dems meeting again
Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to hold more talks about the possibility of their parties forming a new government. Conservative and Lib Dem negotiators will meet at 1100 BST – after leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg met on Saturday for private 70-minute talks. There will also be a meeting of Conservative MPs at... »
Tories and Lib Dems to meet again
Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to hold more talks in a bid to agree terms for a power-sharing government. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Tories and Lib Dems in deal talks
Talks between senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats continued late into Friday as the parties tried to broker a deal to form the next government. A day after the polls closed, it remains unclear who will lead the country after the general election delivered a hung Parliament. David Cameron approached the Lib Dems after the Tories... »
Tories likely to be largest party
David Cameron will fall 19 seats short of a Commons majority, according to a joint BBC/Sky/ITV exit poll. The Conservatives would have 307 MPs, up 97 on 2005, Labour would have 255, down 94, and the Lib Dems 59, down 3. Nationalists and others would have 29. That means Labour and the Lib Dems together... »
Tories ‘just short of majority’
David Cameron will fall 19 seats short of a Commons majority, according to a joint BBC/Sky/ITV exit poll. The Conservatives would have 307 MPs, up 97 on 2005, Labour would have 255, down 94, and the Lib Dems 59, down 3. Nationalists and others would have 29. That means Labour and the Lib Dems together... »
Exit poll: Tories just short of majority
David Cameron will fall 19 seats short of a Commons majority, according to a joint BBC/Sky/ITV exit poll. The Conservatives would have 307 MPs, up 97 on 2005, Labour would have 255, down 94, and the Lib Dems 59, down 3. Nationalists and others would have 29. That means Labour and the Lib Dems together... »
Tories target Labour heartlands
The Conservatives are wooing voters where they face a close fight with the Lib Dems and are also set to "expand the battleground" to Labour heartlands. They are mailing 500,000 homes to try to demonstrate they have modernised in areas like the environment. Setting out their green agenda, the Lib Dems pledged to put protecting... »
Tories ask voters to ‘join them’
The Conservatives will launch their election manifesto on Tuesday by asking voters to join them in government, the BBC has learned. The 130-page document with a plain blue cover is entitled "Invitation to join the government of Britain". Pledges include giving voters the power to sack their MP, and cutting stamp duty for first time... »
Tories to pledge local GP access
The Conservatives will guarantee patients access to a local GP as part of their manifesto. The party’s programme will include a pledge that everyone will be able to see a doctor in their area seven days a week, 12 hours a day. The Mail on Sunday said leader David Cameron hopes the promise will show... »
Tories ‘to erase gay convictions’
The Tories would change the law so convictions for consensual gay sex with over-16s would not show up on criminal record checks, David Cameron has said. There would be "no going back on equality legislation" under the Conservatives, the Tory leader added. Lib Dem Chris Huhne said shadow home secretary Chris Grayling "let the mask... »
Tories plan tax break for married couples
The Conservatives are proposing to give four million married couples and civil partners an annual £150 tax break. Under their plan, the tax break would apply to basic rate taxpayers earning under £44,000 where one partner does not use their full personal allowance. David Cameron has long called for the tax system to recognise marriage... »
Tories outline marriage tax plans
The Conservatives are proposing to give four million married couples and civil partners on low and middle incomes an annual £150 tax break. Under their plan, the tax break would apply to basic rate taxpayers earning under £44,000 where one couple doesn’t use their full personal allowance. David Cameron has long called for the tax... »
30 more bosses back Tories on NI
NOW: PMQs in House of Commons 1208: Mr Cameron says leading figures have complained that troops were not given enough helicopters. The prime minister says the military has been given the equipment it needs. As the atmosphere becomes livelier in the Commons, Speaker John Bercow tells MPs to quieten down. More This article is from the BBC News website.... »
Tories urge cancer drugs rethink
Too many new cancer drugs are being turned down or restricted to small groups of NHS patients in England, the Conservatives claim. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said doctors should have a greater role in deciding which drugs to prescribe. The Party is calling for better deals with manufacturers to reduce prices. But the government’s... »
More bosses back Tories’ tax move
Britain’s main business groups have waded into the row over Labour plans to increase National Insurance. The British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI and five other organisations said the Tories "deserved credit" for their opposition to the planned increase. They endorsed the decision of 23 company bosses to speak out in favour of the Tory... »
Company bosses back Tories on tax
A group of senior business leaders has come out in favour of Conservative plans to reverse part of the government’s National Insurance rise. The 23 top executives, including the bosses of Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Next, "welcomed" the Tory pledge in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. They said the 1% NI increase, due... »
Tories to block NI tax increase
The Conservatives are to announce plans to block next year’s planned rise in National Insurance tax. »
NoW backs Tories in election race
The News of the World is backing the Conservatives in the general election, after 13 years of Labour support. Britain’s best-selling Sunday newspaper said the Tories were the best hope for a "brighter, saner, safer… future". Its sister paper, The Sun, announced it was switching sides in September. The polls suggest the Conservatives’ lead over... »
Salmond branded ‘Tories’ doorman’
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has used his party’s conference in Glasgow to dismiss first minister Alex Salmond as "David Cameron’s doorman". Mr Gray accused the SNP of wanting to help see in a UK Conservative government after the next election. He told delegates that Labour would protect public services and jobs, and fight crime... »
Tories outline ‘pensioner pledge’
Conservative leader David Cameron has made a personal "pledge" to pensioners, promising to protect the winter fuel allowance and free bus passes. Speaking ahead of a webchat with Saga magazine, he also repeated a pledge to link pensions and earnings. In his Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling also said Labour would not cut the winter fuel... »
Tories to announce bank tax plan
Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to announce plans to tax banks – even if other countries decide against doing so. Mr Cameron will drop his condition that he would only introduce such a tax – which could raise billions of pounds – if other countries also did. But the Tories plan a much less... »