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12 Jun 20
Spelthorne Borough Council has been thrust into uncertainty after leader Ian Harvey and five other members decided to leave the Conservative Party and form a new political group.
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25 Nov 19
The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
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30 Sep 19
The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
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22 Jul 19
Rather than cut tax, the UK would do better to remove some or all of the zero and reduced rates, says the IFS’s Helen Miller
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31 May 19
Conservative leadership hopefuls have endorsed calls to slash corporation tax in the UK.
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28 Sep 18
Local authority finances were unusually high up the agenda at the Labour conference this year but councils remain in a state of flux until the government realises the system of funding them needs...
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10 Sep 18
Proposed new boundaries to UK electoral constituencies, slashing the number of MPs from 650 to 600, have been submitted to parliament.
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4 Oct 17
Criticism has been levied at Theresa May’s pledge to increase the affordable housing budget by £2bn for not being enough to solve the UK's housing crisis.
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4 Oct 17
Theresa May has promised an extra £2bn for the affordable housing budget to help fix Britain’s “broken” housing market.
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2 Oct 17
Universal Credit is “fundamentally the right thing to do” but there are concerns about how it might impact living standards.
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2 Oct 17
Brexit will put pressure on the health service at a time when it needs extra funding, a Conservative health minister acknowledged at the party’s conference in Manchester today.
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2 Oct 17
Chancellor Philip Hammond has reiterated support for the Northern Powerhouse, announcing £300m of extra funding for rail lines and £100m for 33 road schemes.
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2 Oct 17
The Conservatives kicked off their conference yesterday with a policy pitch designed to appeal to younger voters, specifically students, first-time buyers and private renters.
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22 May 17
Conservative plans to shake up social care funding are being built on “very shaky foundations” as councils do not take a consistent approach to deferred payments, a former pensions...
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18 May 17
Trade unions have said the health and education spending plans revealed in the Conservative manifesto today may not be enough to cope with the rising demand for services.
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18 May 17
Theresa May has launched the Conservative manifesto promising sweeping social care reform, removing the triple lock on state pensions and curbs to immigration.
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15 May 17
The Conservatives have promised to help local authorities build thousands of council homes with a £1.4bn cash injection from existing funds.
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5 Oct 16
Theresa May today pledged to place “the power of government squarely at the service of ordinary working-class people” and told delegates at the Conservative Party conference the state can and should...
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4 Oct 16
The government has launched a £60m programme that will work with local authorities and schools to improve social mobility, initially focused on six “coldspots” across the country
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3 Oct 16
Philip Hammond has indicated the Treasury will be prepared to revisit government spending plans throughout the process of leaving the European Union.
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3 Oct 16
Theresa May has set out plans to pass a “Great Repeal Act” that will incorporate European Union law into Westminster statute and then allow the government to begin to remove provisions following...
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3 Oct 16
The government is to create a £3bn housebuilding fund and directly commission homes on public sector land as part of plans to build more than 25,000 new homes before 2020, ministers have said.
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13 Sep 16
David Cameron has stepped down as an MP, two months after his resignation as prime minister.
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24 Aug 16
While Theresa May says ‘Brexit means Brexit’, it means different things to different people, and it will need more than cabinet support to settle the question
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11 Jul 16
Theresa May will take over as prime minister on Wednesday after her rival for the Conservative Party leadership Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the contest.
12 Jun 20Spelthorne Borough Council has been thrust into uncertainty after leader Ian Harvey and five other members decided to leave the Conservative Party and form a new political group.
25 Nov 19The Conservatives have been criticised for a “shameful omission” of clear plans on social care in the party’s manifesto.
30 Sep 19The financial secretary to the Treasury has said changes to local authority funding allocations “will happen” but could not say when.
22 Jul 19Rather than cut tax, the UK would do better to remove some or all of the zero and reduced rates, says the IFS’s Helen Miller
28 Sep 18Local authority finances were unusually high up the agenda at the Labour conference this year but councils remain in a state of flux until the government realises the system of funding them needs...
10 Sep 18Proposed new boundaries to UK electoral constituencies, slashing the number of MPs from 650 to 600, have been submitted to parliament.
4 Oct 17Criticism has been levied at Theresa May’s pledge to increase the affordable housing budget by £2bn for not being enough to solve the UK's housing crisis.
4 Oct 17Theresa May has promised an extra £2bn for the affordable housing budget to help fix Britain’s “broken” housing market.
2 Oct 17Universal Credit is “fundamentally the right thing to do” but there are concerns about how it might impact living standards.
2 Oct 17Brexit will put pressure on the health service at a time when it needs extra funding, a Conservative health minister acknowledged at the party’s conference in Manchester today.
2 Oct 17Chancellor Philip Hammond has reiterated support for the Northern Powerhouse, announcing £300m of extra funding for rail lines and £100m for 33 road schemes.
2 Oct 17The Conservatives kicked off their conference yesterday with a policy pitch designed to appeal to younger voters, specifically students, first-time buyers and private renters.
22 May 17Conservative plans to shake up social care funding are being built on “very shaky foundations” as councils do not take a consistent approach to deferred payments, a former pensions...
18 May 17Trade unions have said the health and education spending plans revealed in the Conservative manifesto today may not be enough to cope with the rising demand for services.
18 May 17Theresa May has launched the Conservative manifesto promising sweeping social care reform, removing the triple lock on state pensions and curbs to immigration.
15 May 17The Conservatives have promised to help local authorities build thousands of council homes with a £1.4bn cash injection from existing funds.
5 Oct 16Theresa May today pledged to place “the power of government squarely at the service of ordinary working-class people” and told delegates at the Conservative Party conference the state can and should...
4 Oct 16The government has launched a £60m programme that will work with local authorities and schools to improve social mobility, initially focused on six “coldspots” across the country
3 Oct 16Philip Hammond has indicated the Treasury will be prepared to revisit government spending plans throughout the process of leaving the European Union.
3 Oct 16Theresa May has set out plans to pass a “Great Repeal Act” that will incorporate European Union law into Westminster statute and then allow the government to begin to remove provisions following...
3 Oct 16The government is to create a £3bn housebuilding fund and directly commission homes on public sector land as part of plans to build more than 25,000 new homes before 2020, ministers have said.
13 Sep 16David Cameron has stepped down as an MP, two months after his resignation as prime minister.
24 Aug 16While Theresa May says ‘Brexit means Brexit’, it means different things to different people, and it will need more than cabinet support to settle the question
